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Yesterday two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Robert Bennett (R-UT), introduced and got included into an FY10 supplemental appropriations bill an amendment that prevents NASA from terminating any Constellation contracts. The two argued that this was a significant step in protecting Constellation: Bennett’s press release claimed the amendment “gains traction” […] The video above is a response to a question about NASA’s new plan posed to presidential science advisor John Holdren at the AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy in Washington on Thursday, one day after he appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee to discuss the administration’s new human spaceflight plans. He outlined the […] So did NASA administrator Charles Bolden say that he would “bail out” commercial crew transportation providers on a scale similar to government bailouts of major automotive and financial companies? That was perhaps the most interesting item in a three-hour hearing yesterday by the Senate Commerce Committee on the future of human spaceflight. During the first […] At today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the future of US human spaceflight, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the ranking member of the full committee, will bring up the issue of astronaut safety as an argument for extending the shuttle, the Houston Chronicle reports. She expressed concern to the paper about past anomalies with the […] The chair of the House appropriations subcommittee with oversight of NASA’s budget lost his reelection bid on Tuesday. Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) lost in the Democratic primary to Mike Oliverio, a state senator, 56 to 44 percent. Oliverio capitalized on ethics problems Mollohan had faced, although the congressman was never charged with any wrongdoing. Mollohan […] There’s an interesting passage in a Florida Today article today about comments by Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) during a speech Monday in Titusville: Kosmas is awaiting the release of a draft budget proposal for NASA from U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who chairs the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee. Kosmas is a member of […] Retired general Lester Lyles, a member of the Augustine Committee, warned a key House appropriator in a letter released today that NASA is underfunded and its key programs out of balance. In a letter (available at SpacePolicyOnline.com) Lyles and two co-signers, Raymond S. Colladay and Len Fisk, who together led a 2009 NRC study “America’s […] The Senate Commerce Committee has announced the witnesses for Wednesday afternoon’s hearing on “The Future of U.S. Human Space Flight” and it’s a high-powered list: The Honorable John P. Holdren Director Office of Science and Technology Policy The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr. Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mr. Neil A. Armstrong Commander, […] At the Utah Republican Party convention in Salt Lake City yesterday, delegates effectively ousted Sen. Robert Bennett, failing to nominate him for a fourth term. Bennett didn’t make it past the second round of balloting, which ended with two candidates, Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee, selected to face off in a primary next month. The […] The full Senate Commerce Committee (and not just the space subcommittee) is planning a hearing next Wednesday afternoon on “The Future of U.S. Human Space Flight”. A witness list has not been posted yet, but MSNBC’s Jay Barbree claims that Neil Armstrong and/or Eugene Cernan “may” testify. NASA administrator Charles Bolden, perhaps with other senior […] |
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