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Congressman Nick Lampson (D-TX) is recovering well from quadruple bypass surgery he underwent on Sunday. The surgery, performed in Houston, took place after he reported experiencing chest pains last week; tests found a blockage in a key coronary artery. Lampson is expected to remain in the hospital for nearly a week and be away from […] The Space Access ’07 conference is filled with talks from a variety of individuals and companies involved in the development of new space transportation systems. However, like seemingly every other space industry meeting these days, there was also a session about export control (aka ITAR). Export control is a major issue for many of these […] When the House Appropriations Committee approved a supplemental appropriations bill last week to cover spending on Iraq and Afghanistan, it declared the bill to be free of earmarks. Yet, as the New York Times reported late last week, it does have some provisions that look an awfully lot like earmarks, including $35 million for NASA’s […] Back in the late 1990s, when he was chairman of the House Science Committee, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) was a staunch critic of Russian involvement in the International Space Station, saying that their inclusion had failed to yield the promised cost savings and had delayed the overall effort. Sensenbrenner, who left the committee after the […] From the Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder: “Space co-sponsors resolution honoring John Glenn”. This is, of course, freshman Rep. Zach Space (D-Ohio), and the resolution referred to is H.Res. 252, designed to honor the 45th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic orbital flight. Why Rep. Space and his colleagues (the resolution has 10 cosponsors) waited nearly a […] Yesterday’s hearings by the House Science and Technology Committee and the CJS subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee covered a lot of the issues that had already been covered in previous hearings this week, including plenty of hand-wringing by both Democrats and Republicans about the lack of money to meet all of NASA’s priorities. There […] This week’s issue of the journal Nature has an excellent essay by David Goldston, the former chief of staff of the House Science Committee, about why NASA-related policy often seems so dysfunctional. (Unlike most Nature content, this piece is available for free.) A key passage: Congress often alters the proposed NASA budget, but it rarely, […] The limited coverage of NASA administrator Mike Griffin’s testimony before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee didn’t reveal any new insights about the agency and its budget. Griffin, in prepared opening remarks, reiterated that the final FY07 budget will force a six-month delay in the development of Orion. He also said that NASA will […] House appropriations hearings schedule The hearings on the FY08 NASA budget by the Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will actually be spread over two days, according to the schedule on the subcommittee web site: 03/13/07 Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10:00 AM – General Overview 2362 […] |
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