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Both Florida Today and the Orlando Sentinel report today that the White House is planning a “space summit” in Florida next month where President Obama will discuss his new vision for NASA. The timing of the event, though, could cause some heartburn for an organization over 1,500 miles away. The event, expected to take place […] Florida space advocates have been hoping to turn concern about the economic impact of the retirement of the shuttle and the planned cancellation of Constellation into support for some initiatives to support the state’s space industry. Those initiatives, with a cost of $32.6 million, have the support of the state’s governor (and US Senate candidate), […] Interest in space among Florida’s congressional delegation has traditionally been limited to primarily those representatives from the state’s Space Coast region, plus senators like Bill Nelson with an interest in the topic. For example, when over two dozen representatives signed a letter to NASA last month alleging the agency was breaking the law by starting […] Space News, which has also been covering the news that NASA is working on an alternative “Plan B” in the wake of Congressional criticism, gets administrator Charles Bolden to go on the record that he has not requested any such alternative: “The President’s Budget for NASA is my budget. I strongly support the priorities and […] As efforts are ramping up on Capitol Hill to try and extend the life of the shuttle beyond this year to deal with the gap in US human space access, there’s a separate but related issue: is it even feasible, from a technical (as opposed to fiscal or legislative) perspective, to extend the shuttle by […] India’s latest budget, released last week, features a substantial funding increase for the nation’s space agency, ISRO: 50 billion rupees (US$1.09 billion) for the 2010-11 fiscal year, compared to 31.72 billion rupees ($690 million) in the last budget. That budget includes 1.5 billion rupees (US$32.7 million) to ramp up work on its human spaceflight program. […] That’s the claim of a Wall Street Journal today, which states that administrator Charles Bolden is seeking alternatives to the current plan rolled out just over a month ago because of the strong and largely negative reaction it’s received on Capitol Hill. What might this “Plan B” contain? A memo cited the article mentions development […] While incumbents fared well in Tuesday’s primary elections in Texas, as noted here yesterday, there was one interesting result in the Democratic primary in the 22nd district, currently represented by Republican Rep. Pete Olson: Kesha Rogers won a three-person race with 52.3% of the vote. Rogers is an acolyte of Lyndon LaRouche and, among other […] On Wednesday, a day after losing her Texas gubernatorial bid, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced she was introducing legislation to close the gap in US human spaceflight. “We must close the gap in US human space flight or face the reality that we will be totally dependent on Russia for access to space until the […] Yesterday’s Texas primaries contained few surprises, despite an usually large number of challengers for incumbents. Ralph Hall, the ranking member of the House Science and Technology Committee, defeated five challengers in the Republican primary, getting 57% of the vote. And in perhaps the most widely-watched race, incumbent Gov. Rick Perry defeated Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison […] |
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