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It hasn’t shown up yet on the committee’s web site, but the Senate Commerce Committee’s science and space subcommittee is apparently planning a hearing for next week on issues associated with the retirement of the shuttle and the introduction of the CEV. Such a hearing has been anticipated for some time: new committee chairwoman Sen. […] On Monday NASA announced that it had selected CSC to run a new “Shared Services Center”, which CSC will locate at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. That means around 500 jobs for Mississippi, which beat out Huntsville and Cleveland for the center. And that’s not sitting well with some folks in Cleveland: “It’s incredible that […] The Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on the NASA FY06 budget, with administrator Griffin scheduled to testify. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the ranking Democrat on that subcommittee, offered a hint of what she and her colleagues may be most interested in during a Maryland Space Business […] A front-page article in today’s Washington Post examines how House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has begun to suffer from the ethics allegations that have dogged him for months. DeLay has adopted a lower public profile, eschewing the joint news conferences held by the Republican leadership, and has encountered fundraising problems “as businesses fret that DeLay […] The AIAA is sponsoring a Capitol Hill forum on May 10 on “Public-Private Partnerships – The Wave of the Future?” The purpose of the forum, according to the announcement, is “to raise awareness of the potential that public-private partnerships could present for future government programs and examine models from the aerospace industry.” It’s not clear […] The editors of the Hampton Roads Daily Press sound off in support of aeronautics and earth science in a pair of editorials in this morning’s issue. The editors are skeptical that the administration cares for aeronautics research: It will take considerable will for Congress to reverse the now presidential-fueled juggernaut that threatens to dismantle this […] During his speech yesterday at a Women in Aerospace breakfast in Washington, new NASA administrator Mike Griffin brought up the issue of commercial opportunities in the Vision for Space Exploration. Griffin made it clear that he would like to find ways to bring in entrepreneurial ventures into the exploration initiative, he is wary of crafting […] There have been rumors for weeks that former Congressman Nick Lampson, who lost his reelection bid in November after a controversial redistricting, might consider a bid against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in 2006. The Galveston Daily News reports today that Lampson will make his bid official today, about 18 months before the general election. […] It’s conventional wisdom that Marshall Space Flight Center’s future is reasonable secure: new NASA administrator Mike Griffin said as much during his first press conference last month. That doesn’t mean, though, that the center’s supports, including Rep. Bud Cramer, aren’t keeping the pressure on to support the center. “I think we may have rounded a […] The American Astronomical Society (AAS), the professional organization for astronomers in the US (and not to be confused with the American Astronautical Society), issued a press release yesterday calling on NASA to restore funding for astronomical research within the agency. The AAS is particularly concerned about “research and analysis” (R&A) funding, grants to astronomers to […] |
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