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The keynote speaker Monday at the AIAA/Utah State Conference on Small Satellites was Orlando Figueroa, the deupty associate administrator for programs in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Figueroa told the audience that the role small satellites will play in implementing the Vision for Space Exploration “has not diminished; they still play a big role.” It should […] As the STS-114 mission winds down, some members of Congress have been talking about the mission, or even talking to members of the crew. SPACE.com reported that Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) visited JSC on Friday and took a few minutes to talk to the crew. DeLay in particular, SPACE.com […] Now that the STS-114 mission is nearly complete (and will hopefully conclude with a safe landing Monday) all eyes now turn to the long-awaited (well, a couple-of-months-awaited) new exploration architecture that NASA administrator Michael Griffin and his team have been developing. SpaceRef, citing unnamed “senior NASA sources”, reported Saturday that the agency will start rolling […] During a brief joint press availability featuring President Bush and Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez a reporter asked Bush if he felt that the shuttle’s return to flight was premature. His extended response: First of all, I had the honor of speaking to the — the folks of — that are on that mission. And […] A CBS News poll released yesterday suggests that the public is more skeptical about the future of the shuttle program than ever before. The poll of 1,222 adults, conducted from July 29 to August 2, found than 59% thought the shuttle is worth continuing, down from 75% just after the Columbia accident; support was also […] The Washington Post has published the complete transcript of President Bush’s interview with Texas newspaper reporters on Monday. Most of what Bush said about space policy was already captured in the quotes included in the Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News. One additional note: Bush said that Andrew Card, his chief of staff, “has been […] Since his speech at NASA Headquarters just over 18 months ago unveiling the Vision for Space Exploration, President Bush has been quiet in public about the VSE and NASA in general, causing some people to question his commitment to the effort. However, in an interview yesterday with reporters from several Texas newspapers, he did address […] |
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