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An editorial in today’s issue of Florida Today criticizes a number of organizations for what it perceives as decisions that are “threatening new satellites for hurricane forecasting and global warming studies.” (While not explicitly stated, the editorial appears to have been prompted by an AP article on the issue a week ago.) The editorial mentions […] The Sheboygan Press reports that the Wisconsin State Assembly has approved legislation that would create the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the first step towards the development of a commercial spaceport in the state. The state senate approved the legislation last week, as previously noted here. The bill was introduced to create the framework for the eventual […] Given the feedback from my last multimedia effort (translation: no one complained), I’ve uploaded the audio from Wednesday’s STA breakfast with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (MP3, 21:03, 2.4 MB). Enjoy! Before the FY07 budget was released and everyone’s attention focused on cutbacks in NASA’s science program, there had been some attention to a decision by the agency to delete a methane/LOX engine as a requirement for the CEV. The engine was seen as a technology trailblazer for later human missions to Mars, where in situ […] Yesterday morning Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) spoke at a Space Transportation Association breakfast. Her relatively brief comments (about 20 minutes, including Q&A; Congressman Tom Feeney spoke for nearly an hour at an STA breakfast last month) focused primarily on last year’s NASA authorization bill and the importance of scientific research on the ISS. […] Rep. Tom DeLay handily won the Republican primary for the 22nd District in Texas Tuesday, picking up 62 percent of the vote. Tom Campbell finished a distant second with about 30 percent; two other candidates were in the single digits. However, the 62 percent is far below what DeLay had won in three previous primaries […] The House Science Committee released its “Views and Estimates” about the Preisdent’s FY07 budget proposal earlier today. The report outlines the committee’s (or, rather, the Republican members of the committee; more on the Democrats below) observations and opinions about the budget. Regarding NASA, the report comments on cutbacks in science and aeronautics programs: The significantly […] Party primary elections are taking place today in Texas, and there will be more attention than usual on the Republican primary in the 22nd District, where incumbent Tom DeLay will face three challengers. DeLay’s legal problems have made him more vulnerable than many expected, with some once-loyal supporters having second thoughts and one challenger, Tom […] In an article in this week’s issue of The Space Review, Brian Dewhurst looks at the roots of the current spirited debate about science funding at NASA. In his examination, NASA shifted from a “mission agency” to a “science agency” in the 1990s, when NASA had no major long-term goals beyond assembling the ISS and […] In case you missed the comments to previous posts (here and here) about the flawed Wired News article about March Storm and space weaponization, there have been a few developments. On Saturday Wired News published the same letter to the editor posted here Thursday night. Wired News also corrected the original article to reflect more […] |
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