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Bill Nye (left) and Louis Friedman at The Planetary Society’s press conference in LA Thursday. The Planetary Society issued a press release and held a press conference during the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles Thursday to announce its “Save Our Science” effort. According to TPS executive director Louis Friedman, “thousands” of people […] The Florida legislature, nearing the end of this year’s regular session, has approved legislation that would consolidate the state’s various space-related agencies into a single organization, Space Florida. There had been some opposition to provisions of the bill that would allow the current governor, Jeb Bush, to appoint its new board even though he will […] The Space Studies Board released a report this morning on NASA’s science programs, concluding that the agency is trying to do too much with too little money. “There is a mismatch between what NASA has been assigned to do and the resources with which it has been provided,” committee chairman Len Fisk said in press […] The AIAA is planning a “Space Weather Day” on Capitol Hill on Thursday, giving government and industry officials an opportunity to impress upon Congressional staffers the importance of monitoring space weather. Speakers include officials from NOAA, NASA, the Air Force, Lockheed Martin, and the aviation and utility industries, who are most affected by solar storms. […] NASA administrator Mike Griffin is certainly going to get some feedback from the scientific community this week regarding what the agency’s funding priorities should be for its science programs. Space News reports that the science subcommittee of the recently reconstituted NASA Advisory Council will meet this week at the University of Maryland. That meeting, scheduled […] Over the weekend SpaceRef.com published an essay by Dennis Wingo on the Vision for Space Exploration, including the role of the Moon in the overall Vision as well as ways to promote commercial endeavors related to its implementation. Wingo is particularly pleased with presidential science advisor John Marburger’s speech at the Goddard Symposium back in […] NASA administrator Mike Griffin has long spoken favorably of the agency’s plans to support development of commercial resupply services for the ISS, and according to an article in this week’s Aviation Week his support shows no sign of flagging: To help make that happen, Griffin has taken a personal interest in keeping a $500-million funding […] The New York Times, perhaps taking a cue from NASA administrator Mike Griffin’s testimony in Senate hearings last week, criticizes the tendency of Congress to add earmarks to NASA’s budget in an editorial Sunday: The space agency is struggling to mount a vigorous program of exploration and scientific research within a tight budget. So what […] |
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