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The Democratic leadership of the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now appears inclined to support the so-called “Mikulski miracle”, the $1 billion added by the Senate to the NASA budget in its version of the FY08 appropriations bill approved earlier this week. “In the House there’s some increased interest in keeping that $1 billion in […] While the Senate was wrapping up work on appropriations legislation earlier this week, the House of Representatives was taking some time to pass a couple of anniversary resolutions related to NASA and the Space Age. On Tuesday the House passed H.Con.Res. 225, a resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Space Age […] The good news: the Senate finally passed the Commerce, Justice, and Science FY08 appropriations bill Tuesday after defeating an effort to transfer some money from the space agency. As the Houston Chronicle reports, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) introduced an amendment that would have transferred $150 million from NASA’s science, aeronautics, and exploration account to the […] The space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee has announced a hearing for next Tuesday, October 23, on “Status of the NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle and Crew Launch Vehicle Programs”. The two witnesses currently scheduled to testify are: Dr. Richard J. Gilbrech, Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Ms. Cristina T. Chaplain, […] Yesterday Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) and state legislator Thad Altman met with Florida governor Charlie Crist and lieutenant governor Jeff Kottcamp to talk about the future of the space industry in the state (or, as a Tampa Bay TV station put it, “Florida’s Space Frontier”), with an eye towards mitigating the effects of the shuttle-CEV […] Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) passed away on Saturday after a long battle with cancer. Davis was a staunch supporter of aeronautics research in NASA, fighting proposals by the Bush Administration to cut funding for aeronautics research at the agency. As noted in an article over a year ago, she was much more interested in […] Thursday’s scheduled hearing by the House Science and Technology Committee’s space subcommittee titled “Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) – Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA’s Report to Congress” has been postponed, according to an updated hearing scheduled circulated by the committee earlier today. No reason for the postponement, nor a rescheduled hearing date, has […] While the Senate was approving an amendment to the Commerce/Justice/Science appropriations bill to add $1 billion to NASA’s FY08 budget, the administration was again threatening to veto the bill. In a Statement of Administration Policy document released by OMB on Thursday, the administration accused Congress of including ” an irresponsible and excessive level of spending […] The Senate earlier today approved an amendment to an appropriations bill that would add $1 billion to NASA’s FY2008 budget. The amendment, popularly known as the “Mikulski Miracle” after its sponsor, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), was passed by the Senate on a voice vote. (According to Space News (sub. required), the Senate elected to approve […] House Science and Technology Committee chairman Bart Gordon issued a statement yesterday to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik this week. His statement focused as much on the need to bolster math and science education in the US, though, as it was on space exploration itself: In 1957, space was seen as […] |
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