Just when you thought it was safe for milspace procurement

One of the more troubled military space programs, the Space Based Infrared Satellite (SBIRS) system, appeared to get back on track earlier this after problems got so severe the number of satellites the Air Force planned to procure was cut and the military started studies of alternative approaches. Well, so much for that process. Space […]

Solutions Day? Not so much

I listened to the live webcast Saturday afternoon of the space session of Newt Gingrich’s “Solutions Day” event, an hour-long discussion led by former congressman Bob Walker. (The video of the event is supposed to be available soon, according to the Solutions Day web site.) The event was split into three 20-minute segments: an introductory […]

Another fiscal year, another continuing resolution

Today marks the beginning of the 2008 fiscal year, and is should hardly come to anyone’s surprise that none of the FY2008 appropriations bills, including the Commerce/Justice/Science one (which funds NASA), have been signed into law, or even made it completely through Congress. The CJS appropriations bill has yet to be taken up by the […]