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After months of legal wrangling in the wake of Tom DeLay’s decision to retire from Congress failed to get his name replaced on the November ballot, Republicans in the 22nd District in Texas have finally settled on a single write-in candidate to compete against Democrat Nick Lampson: Houston city councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. And, in a […] Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) is recovering very well from breast cancer, but she’s less interested in talking about that in a Hampton Roads Daily Press article than about one of her pet peeves: the neglect of NASA’s aeronautics programs at the hands of the Vision for Space Exploration. “I’m not against space,” she said […] The online edition of Space News (registration required) reports that four members of the US Senate have requested that written a letter to NASA administrator Mike Griffin asking him not to cut ISS research funding. The letter, by Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)—the chair and […] At the end of an interview in this week’s print edition of Space News, David Cavossa of the Satellite Industry Association brought up some new legislation regarding everyone’s favorite topic, export control: Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) has introduced a bill to make the export control act even tougher (H.R. 4572) so we’re following that. Unfortunately, […] I spoke briefly this morning with Chris Carberry, the organizer of the Mars Society’s Mars Blitz citizens lobbying event that took place Thursday afternoon. The event was very well attended, with over 100 people participating. They had meeting with over 100 House and Senate offices, with roughly a 50-50 split between scheduled meetings and drop-ins. […] On Thursday afternoon, as part of the Mars Society’s annual conference, being held this year in Washington, conference attendees will participate in a “Mars Blitz” on Capitol Hill. According to a Mars Society press release about the event, the purpose of the Blitz will be to promote an “integrated Moon-Mars plan that will emphasize common […] By a voice vote, the House passed Monday H.Res 892, a resolution that thanks those employees of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans who “risked their lives in dedication to the space program and faced down one of the greatest natural disasters in this Nation’s history” by staying behind at the factory during Hurricane […] On Thursday the House of Representatives passed a resolution commending NASA for the successful completion of the STS-121 shuttle mission this month. The resolution, H.Con.Res.448, was approved by the House 415-0. The resolution is pretty standard stuff, praising the shuttle crew and the space agency for “its pioneering work in space exploration which is strengthening […] It’s not quite space, but it may be of interest to readers: the House Science Committee’s space and aeronautics subcommittee will be holding a hearing on NASA’s aeronautics program. The hearing will review two recent reports on civil aeronautics research and “will also help set the stage for the development of an overarching national aeronautics […] Yesterday’s landing of the shuttle Discovery, which brought the STS-121 mission to a successful end, prompted some reactions from the President and several members of Congress: The White House issued a short, succinct statement welcoming home the shuttle crew. “The men and women of NASA have dedicated themselves to putting our space program back on […] |
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