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An article in the Houston Chronicle yesterday said that members of Congress who represent the Houston area had declared Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison their “last best hope” for increasing NASA’s budget. The focus here is on the FY2008 supplemental appropriations bill working its way through Congress, which has an extra $200 million for NASA in […] The space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee is planning a markup of the planned NASA reauthorization bill next Tuesday, the 20th, at 10 am. The planned legislation has not been released yet; the hearing announcement did not even include a bill number for it. Congress is currently putting together an FY08 supplemental appropriations bill designed primarily to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, while the vast majority of the funding in the bill (over $165 billion) is devoted to the DOD, members of Congress are also tucking into the legislation a variety of non-defense provisions. If one […] Wednesday’s hearing of the space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee on the planned reauthorization of NASA and the Vision for Space Exploration covered familiar ground: discussion of the Shuttle-Constellation gap, the belief that NASA is being asked to do too much for too little money, worries about being dependent on the Russians, and a […] While the attention of most people has been focused on issues like food and fuel prices, the presidential campaign, and so on, a problem has been developing that potentially could have repercussions for space policy. In the last few weeks tensions have been rising between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia over two […] On Wednesday morning, May 7, the space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing titled “Reauthorizing the Vision for Space Exploration”. According to the brief description on the committee web site: The Subcommittee will consider the issues facing the upcoming reauthorization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Subcommittee will examine […] The Houston Chronicle reported Friday that top Democrats in the House have effectively anointed Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) as the next chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee’s space subcommittee—provided Lampson wins reelection in November. Lampson previously stated that he was interested in the post, which will be open since the current subcommittee chairman, […] On Monday several members of Congress, including Sen. Bill Nelson and Congressmen Tom Feeney and Dave Weldon, held a “workshop” on space issues Monday in Brevard County, Florida, where people are understandably concerned about life after the space shuttle. According to Florida Today, Nelson said that his subcommittee had proposed holding a field hearing this […] An AP article Saturday examines the reelection challenge Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) is facing for his House seat. Democrats have made Feeney “their top Florida target” and are playing up allegations of ethical improprieties by him. Feeney, the ranking member of the space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee, is instead emphasizing his […] Friday’s Orlando Sentinel reports that senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has introduced legislation designed to support the Arecibo radio observatory in Puerto Rico. The giant radio telescope is in danger of closing because of budget pressures on the National Science Foundation’s astronomy programs, much to the consternation of astronomers who use the facility […] |
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