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Efforts in Florida to date to get the state to approve incentives to lure CEV and other space companies to the state have not yielded results. So, earlier this week state Rep. Bob Allen, a leading proponent of such incentives, announced a deal with several labor unions where the unions would provide $250 million from […] A bill currently in the California State Senate would provide a multimillion-dollar loan to aid the development of the spaceport at Mojave Airport, site of the historic SpaceShipOne flights and home to a number of commercial space ventures. The bill, SB 1671, would appropriate $11 million in the form of a 30-year loan to the […] It may not seem like it, but the 2008 presidential election is almost upon us. (Some might argue it’s already here.) That’s something that NASA is acutely aware of as it tries to build up public and political support for the Vision for Space Exploration, Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said at a Space Transportation Association […] Last week the GAO issued a report on the Defense Department’s responsive space plans, particularly the TacSat series of experimental small satellites. The report, commissioned by Congressman Terry Heaton, chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, is largely complimentary of the first satellite, TacSat 1, which was built in 12 […] Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), chairman of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, will receive a “National Champion of Science Award” (yes, that’s the name) this morning in Riverside, California, according to a UC Riverside press release. The award is from The Science Coalition, an organization of “more than 400 member organizations”, primarily universities […] If you missed it, earlier this month the Republican Study Committee released a revised version of its budget proposal, which balances the federal budget by FY2011. Most of what’s here is similar to its previous plans, including the RSC’s desire to cancel “NASA’s Moon/Mars Exploration Initiative”; less well understood is its request to “retire the […] Reuters reported Friday evening that the Defense Department has given its “conditional backing” to the formation of the United Launch Alliance. Neither the DOD nor the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with whom DOD officials met with on Friday, are talking about these recommendations; the Reuters article is based on the insights of one analyst, Loren […] Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) announced this afternoon that he will not seek reelection this fall. The local newspaper, the Utica Observer-Dispatch, has an early story about his announcement, made at 3 pm in Utica, as well as a copy of his remarks. Regardless of his decision to run or not, Boehlert had to step down […] Reuters reported Thursday night that the Pentagon is expected to forward its recommendations on the approval of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. The report offers no hints on whether the Pentagon will recommend the merger of Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s government launch operations, or if there will be […] In a post earlier this week about a meeting between scientists and NASA officials at a planetary sciences conference, I noted that there appeared to be a “disconnect” between scientists and NASA officials; the latter seemed to be genuinely puzzled regarding why scientists were so angry about the NASA budget. A reader who has some […] |
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