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The Moscow Times, an English-language newspaper, reports that the the issue of the Iran Non-proliferation Act and its affect on NASA will be a topic of discussion at a meeting tomorrow between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin: Putin and Bush will brainstorm on how to circumvent a U.S. law to allow NASA to […] Sorry, I couldn’t resist. NASA Administrator Mike Griffin’s plan to shift development efforts from nuclear propulsion to other programs is having some concrete effects now. The Albany Times Union reports that NASA has cancelled a $65-million program at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in upstate New York that was intended to develop nuclear electric propulsion […] There is a “hearing” scheduled for tomorrow on Capitol Hill about one of the most popular contentious space issues, placing weapons in space. Only this is not your ordinary hearing. Rather than involve a House or Senate committee, the “e-Parliament” (which sounds like a late 90s dot-bomb but is actually an organization that claims to […] At least one member of Congress is concerned that hurricane relief may put a squeeze on NASA’s budget. The Huntsville Times reports that Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL), speaking in his Huntsville office Monday, said that the combination of supplemental spending for hurricane relief as well as Iraq could make it difficult for Congress to fully […] When it was announced in early May, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture to build EELVs, looked like it would win wide acceptance from the government. Now, a Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) suggests some obstacles ahead for ULA. Part of the problem is a dispute between the two companies […] There are a couple of articles with policy implications in this week’s issue of The Space Review. First, I report on a recent panel that grappled with the question “Why are space stations so hard?” As you might expect, panelists mentioned a combination of technical and management issues, from the difficulty of trying to test […] The Office of Management and Budget published a “Statement of Administration Policy” (SAP) on HR 2862, the appropriations bill that includes NASA. The SAP is effectively the administration’s response to what the House and Senate appropriations committees have done to date on the legislation, identifying changes the administration would like to see. Regarding NASA, the […] While NASA still waits for the final approval from the White House of its revised exploration architecture (not expected before the middle of the month at the earliest), the agency is making some changes in how it manages its exploration activities. Space News reported late yesterday [subscription required] that NASA is decentralizing the management of […] In the Space Review article I wrote just yesterday, I noted that the disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina could further delay the next shuttle mission by at least two months, while the cost of the disaster would far exceed what Congress has appropriated for it, with potential consequences for NASA. Both of those are coming […] A couple articles of note from this week’s issue of The Space Review: I wrote an essay about the short- and long-term impacts of Hurricane Katrina on NASA. Of particular concern (beyond the obvious, significant humanitarian relief work) is how much of an additional delay this will cause for the shuttle program, which before the […] |
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