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If you have a copy of this week’s print edition of Space News, be sure to read the interview with Congressman Bart Gordon, chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee. Gordon has some interesting comments on the NASA budget and the Vision for Space Exploration. Regarding the Vision, Gordon states that he supports “the […] Something to add to your list of activities on Easter Sunday: NASA administrator Mike Griffin will appear on The C-SPAN program “Newsmakers” on Sunday. Also on the show will be two reporters who cover NASA, Brian Berger of Space News and Marc Kaufman of the Washington Post. The show airs at 10 am EDT Sunday; […] The Tallahassee Democrat reports on a meeting that Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani held yesterday with Republican legislators and governor Charlie Crist in Florida. The article states that, after his speech, Giuliani said he “supported continuing to aggressively pursue space exploration”, but the article offers no other details. Instead, the article notes that the former […] The final outcome of Tuesday’s spaceport tax referendum in Donña Ana County, New Mexico, won’t be known until Thursday, although the tax had a narrow lead late Tuesday night after all official ballots were counted. In the simple yes/no vote, there were 204 more yes votes than no out of over 17,000 ballots cast, with […] An issue that is not new, but had not gotten a lot of attention, burst to the surface this week when several members of Congress called for the dismissal of NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb. The letter, signed by Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC), chair of the investigations and oversight subcommittee of the House Science Committee, […] In this week’s issue of The Space Review I review a book about space weaponization, War in Heaven. The book is from two anti-weaponization advocates, so the arguments in it are predictable, including criticism of the new national space policy and efforts by the US military perceived as moving towards using and/or stationing weapons in […] The United States isn’t the only country where launch vehicle manufacturers look to the government for financial support. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Ltd is seeking subsidies from the Japanese government to cover the costs of the H-2A rocket. MHI, according to the article, is seeking 2-3 billion yen ($17-25 […] |
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