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It’s always interesting how different people can look at the same situation and see things very differently. For example, yesterday the Orlando Sentinel reported that the White House’s NASA plans “appear in jeopardy” because of the lack of overt, or at least outspoken, support from members of Congress. “Few Democrats have publicly endorsed the entire […] Yesterday Alliant Techsystems (ATK) released their fourth quarter and full-year financial results (the company operates on a fiscal year that ends on March 31; the company is right now in the first quarter of their 2011 fiscal year). The press release announcing the results made only a passing reference that “NASA programs present near-term challenges”, […] The chair and ranking member of the space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) respectively, are often on the same page when it comes to space issues. However, in a pair of op-eds published in The Hill yesterday, they have somewhat different opinions about […] House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. David Obey (D-WI) surprised many when he announced Wednesday that he would not run for reelection, retiring from the House after 21 terms. Obey said he was “bone tired” after a career in Congress and wanted to leave on a high note, namely, passage of health care reform earlier this […] Few people are more closely linked to Constellation than former astronaut Scott “Doc” Horowitz. He was supporting what was to become Ares 1/Orion as the “safe, simple, soon” option for human access to LEO first as a NASA astronaut, then as director of space transportation and exploration at ATK, and eventually associate administrator for exploration […] It’s a double dose of commentary from two members of Congress in today’s Washington Post and The Hill. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) coauthored a letter to the editor in today’s Post in response to an earlier editorial by the paper that criticized human spaceflight in general, not just the […] Last Friday the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) issued a draft report titled “National Security and the Commercial Space Sector”, with an emphasis on the commercial launch sector. The release of a draft report during a 90-minute event at CSIS’s offices in Washington was a little unusual for the organization, which usually waits […] Late Monday the White House issued a memo formally creating the “Task Force on Space Industry WorkForce and Economic Development”. (The memo itself did not appear on the White House web site until Tuesday, or at least very late Monday night.) As Florida Today reported Sunday, the task force will be co-chaired by NASA Administrator […] Florida Today reports this morning that the White House will name the members of economic development task force on Monday charged with developing a plan to help the Space Coast region of the state. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will co-chair the task force, whose members will include the Secretaries of […] In an op-ed Friday in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) attacks the White House’s new direction for NASA, following a line of argument similar to what he presented at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last week. This included his belief that the Ares rocket was a tried and tested vehicle: I was […] |
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