More on PETA, Bolden, and ISDC

As previously reported here, NASA administrator Charles Bolden’s speech at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Chicago Friday night was interrupted briefly by a protestor, who took over the microphone to speak out against a study by NASA that would involve exposing monkeys to radiation as part of efforts to understand the effects of […]

KSC workforce announcement expected today

At a press conference this morning at the Kennedy Space Center Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis is expected to announce a new effort to deal with shuttle workforce transition, Florida Today reports. No other details about the 9 am EDT announcement have been released, although it’s thought the plan is not related to the $40 […]

Parker Griffith can lose after all

Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL), a congressman whose district includes NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, decisively lost the Republican primary Tuesday to Mo Brooks. With most of the votes tallied, Brooks had 51 percent, enough to avoid a runoff next with Griffith, who was in second. Griffith was elected in 2008 as a Democrat, succeeding the […]

New poll on space spending

The web site Daily Kos published yesterday the results of a brief poll of space exploration policy commissioned by the progressive web site and performed by polling firm Research 2000. The poll is short: three questions, only two of which are really about space exploration policy (the third is about astronomy, or perhaps more accurately, […]

Moon and Mars advocates team up

Paul Spudis is an advocate for an immediate return to the Moon. Bob Zubrin, by comparison, sees the Moon as something of an unnecessary detour to the real goal, Mars. However, they both agree on something: their opposition to the White House’s plan for NASA. In an op-ed in Tuesday’s Washington Times, they note that […]