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In late May NASA reassigned Constellation program manager Jeff Hanley, a decision most people first heard about during a House Science and Technology Committee hearing featuring administrator Charles Bolden. That decision triggered a strong reaction among some members of Congress who considered the move a form of retribution against a manager who opposed the agency’s […] The Arms Control Association has made available a transcript of the panel discussion on the new national space policy hosted earlier this month by the association and the Secure World Foundation. (I included some quotes from that discussion in a piece last week on the new policy in The Space Review.) Tuesday morning Rep. Ralph […] While Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) played up the fact that “the biggest part of the president’s goals are being fulfilled” in the NASA authorization bill being considered this week, today’s Orlando Sentinel has another take. Based on a review of the draft of the bill it obtained, the Sentinel found that while Constellation would not […] [Apologies for the tardy post; I’m out of town visiting relatives.] Senate authorizers appear ready to put their stamp on the proposed new direction for NASA, according to a report published late Thursday by the New York Times. The NASA authorization legislation, scheduled to be marked up next Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee’s space […] “Welcome to the 24-hour gaffe reel,” reads the lede to a Wall Street Journal article yesterday about the verbal missteps people in the media limelight often make. “It seems as if every day some celebrity, politician, four-star general or random blogger is committing a verbal blooper—and then profusely apologizing for his or her ‘poor word […] In this week’s issue of The Space Review, I provide an overview of the new policy and some reactions, particularly on areas of international cooperation and commercialization. While international cooperation is “woven throughout the new policy”, in the words of one White House official and there’s language in the policy (re)opening the door to space […] When shuttle advocates have talked about a shuttle program extension, they usually mean adding additional flights to the manifest, or at least stretching out the remaining flights over an extended period. Delaying the final two shuttle missions by a month and a half (for STS-133) and three months (STS-134), as NASA announced Thursday, doesn’t sound […] Earlier this week, a group of House members led by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) introduced legislation, HR 5614, intended to compel NASA to spend its FY2010 Constellation funding on program activities, and not hold it in reserve to cover contract liability costs. In a blog post for The Hill this week, Aderholt explained his introduction […] As noted here earlier this week, the new national space policy did not say that much when it comes to export control reform, and much of it was similar to the 2006 policy. Both policies contained short sections titled “Effective Export Policies”; the 2010 section notes that “space-related items that are determined to be generally […] |
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