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For any readers who will be in Toronto Thursday night: there will be a panel discussion of space weaponization at the Univ. of Toronto. An excerpt from the announcement: Haven’t heard much about weapons in space since the end of the missile defence debate? That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to worry about. Join us for […] A reader was kind enough last night to send me an excerpt from the NASA section of the C-J-S appropriations bill conference report. (The full report is now available online; the NASA section is about two-thirds the way down the page.) Some highlights that stood out after a cursory reading of the report on the […] Rarely do you see NASA’s fiscal management proclaimed as a good example of how to run an agency. Yet, in an op-ed piece in today’s Seattle Times, Norton R. Nowlin compares funding for AIDS research efforts—scattered among various local, state, and federal programs—to the approach at NASA: The money appropriated by Congress for the National […] According to a report by Congressional Quarterly (hidden far behind a subscription wall) conferees have finished up work reconciling the House and Senate versions of the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, which includes NASA; it could be voted on in the House as early as Wednesday. No details yet about what the bill contains for NASA, other […] No doubt many of you noticed the Reuters article published Friday that cited a Chinese source who claimed that China was planning a manned lunar mission by 2017. There are a number of flaws in the article: it was published in a relatively minor publication, the “Southern Metropolis News”, and cited a Chinese scientist, Ouyang […] To no one’s surprise, the Senate today confirmed Shana Dale as NASA deputy administrator. Griffin: “With Shana coming on board, I’m confident we now have the right leadership team to guide the agency as we move forward in the next great era of space exploration.” And with concerns about budget shortfalls, the implementation of the […] Yes, there is a connection, however tenuous it may be. The Republican challenger to Robert “Bob” Hull, a Democrat who represents the 38th District (covering a portion of Fairfax County in northern Virginia) in the House of Delegates, is B. Leland Cheung, who the Washington Post describes as a “space tourism entrepreneur”. The term “entrepreneur” […] At around the same time Shana Dale was at her confirmation hearing Tuesday, NASA administrator Michael Griffin opened a half-day conference on international cooperation in space exploration at the Center for Strategic & International Studies across town. In his speech he attempts to create an analogy between the creation of the interstate highway system a […] NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will be the sole witness at a hearing of the full House Science Committee on Thursday at 10 am. The title of the hearing is simply “Status of NASA’s Programs”, which should give members plenty of latitude to quiz Griffin on issues ranging from shuttle and station plans to ESAS to […] I did not see Tuesday’s Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing for NASA deputy administrator Shana Dale, but based on news reports in the Houston Chronicle and Space News [subscription required], but it would seem that the senators in attendance at the hearing focused less on Dale’s credentials and more on the state of NASA’s financial […] |
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