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In an article in this week’s issue of The Space Review, I report on a recent event where experts discussed the reasons why China conducted its ASAT test, or, more accurately, why we don’t know why China carried out the January 11th test. There are a couple of schools of thought behind the confused Chinese […] Last month I noted a recent poll that showed how willing the public would be to cut NASA funding versus other federal programs, which appeared to be more evidence of just how low a priority the space program is in the eyes of the general public. However, a new Zogby survey, conducted in mid-March and […] A couple weeks ago we heard that we have to go back to the Moon or else the Chinese will turn it into a military base. Now we hear that Democrats want to “cripple” the nation’s human spaceflight program. At least, that’s the claim of Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL), after the House rejected an amendment […] This morning the House Science Committee’s space and aeronautics subcommittee will be holding a hearing on NASA’s space science programs in the FY2008 budget proposal, featuring the agency’s new associate administrator for science, Alan Stern, as well as several outside experts. The hearing will be at 10 am in Rayburn 2318 and will be webcast. […] Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) has been one of the members of Congress calling on NASA and the White House to fire NASA inspector general Robert Cobb. Today Nelson released a letter to Mike Griffin calling not only for Cobb’s dismissal, but also NASA general counsel Mike Wholley. Wholley raised the ire of Nelson and some […] The wires were buzzing yesterday with a report that NASA has rejected Russian cooperation in lunar exploration. Or, at least, that’s what Anatoly Perminov, the head of Roskosmos, claimed in an Interfax article, which was picked up uncritically by AFP and AP. “We were ready to cooperate but for unknown reasons, the United States have […] |
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