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When will we have a clearly-defined objective to explore beyond low-Earth-orbit again? Image Credit: NASA “Politicians,” astronaut John Young once said, “are a strange bunch of critters.” In its first half-century of life, NASA propelled humanity further than ever before: into space, to the Moon and to the farthest reaches of the […] Great comic from Florida Today One of the many pieces of legislative compromise over the President’s proposed FY 2011 NASA Budget, which seeks to kill NASA’s Project Constellation and outsource future human spaceflight, is discussed in detail over at NASA Spaceflight in Ambitious Ares test flight plan proposed for HLV demonstrations. But even […] Some proponents of the lackluster Obama NASA proposal continue to criticize the growing number of experienced engineers and scientists, former astronauts (including Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan, and Jim Lovell among many), politicians, journalists, and former administrators who speak out against the cancellation of Constellation. The rationale? These people are voices of the past who have […] AmericaSpace Note: So, you’d think that if a President dealing with space issues and policy travels down to the Space Coast to make a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, that he would at least invite the Congressmen whose districts are most affected by that speech. But. You. Would. Be. Dead. Wrong. Congressman […] NASA Deputy Lori Garver In interesting quote in the Wall Street Journal’s Andy Pasztor’s article, Feud Over NASA Threatens America’s Edge in Space, “One of the first things Ms. Garver said she did was to ‘look under the hood’ of the Constellation program. She didn’t like what she found. The program was years […] Another great article by the Wall Street Journal’s Andy Pasztor, NASA to Devise New Spending Plan to Placate Congress. Subscription required. Money quote: “…the hearing ended with a consensus that a revised spending package would be submitted soon. ‘I’m concerned we don’t have a road map,’ said Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger, a Maryland Democrat who generally […] As if the unending criticism for the past going near 2 months of the decision by NASA’s executive leadership and the Administration to end Project Constellation were not enough, now comes more from a new avenue, Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate. You can listen to the debate yourself over iTunes here. […] Yesterday’s Tallahassee Democrat editorial, Our Opinion: Saving Constellation is a noble mission, is an endorsement of both Project Constellation and the efforts by Florida’s interim Senator, George LeMieux, to amend the FAA Reauthorization bill to further restrict the Administration and NASA’s every-eager-to-please-the-Administration senior management from cutting into Constellation’s progress. […] NASA chief Bolden at JSC – Julio Cortez Chronicle The Orlando Sentinel’s Mark Mathews reports in,LeMieux moves against Obama NASA plan, of Florida Senator LeMieux’s effort to amend the FAA funding bill with language that affirms the Shelby rule, which was inserted in the FY 2010 Omnibus Spending Bill and stated, “Human Spaceflight: […] NASA chief Bolden at JSC – Julio Cortez Chronicle Jeff Foust covers NASA Administrator Bolden’s presentation yesterday to the Washington Business Roundtable luncheon in, Bolden Attacks The “Myths” About NASA’s New Plan, during which the Administrator offered up a defense for NASA’s “new” plan. And we decided to take a look at his […] |
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