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(No, there is no irony or sarcasm intended in this headline.) The Houston Chronicle reports that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay met with members of Citizens for Space Exploration (known until last year by the clunky moniker “National Keep It Sold”), who were in Washington for their annual lobbying trip. (DeLay also spoke to the […] You probably aren’t too surprised to find out that Tuesday’s hearing by the House Science Committee’ space subcommittee didn’t cover a lot of new ground about space flight. It was successful in garnering media attention, given that this was the first Congressional hearing featuring a witness testifying from space, but the questions asked by members […] The full House is taking up HR 2862, the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce appropriations bill, which includes NASA’s budget. Debate on the bill started today and will continue into tomorrow. Earlier today Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the ranking Democrat on the full House Appropriations Committee, introduced an amendment that would have transferred $200 million […] Besides Tuesday’s hearing by the House Science Committee about the ISS, there are several other space-related hearings and votes scheduled for the coming weeks. The full House is scheduled to vote some time this week on the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce appropriations bill, which includes NASA’s $16.5-billion budget. (The Senate has yet to take […] On Tuesday June 14 the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee has scheduled a hearing titled “Live from Space: The International Space Station”. The three witnesses are all astronauts with ISS experience: Michael Fincke, Peggy Whitson, and John Phillips. Of course, Phillips is actually on ISS right now; as the schedule notes, he will be “testifying […] Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) is urging NASA and the federal government to consider the threat of an impact by a near Earth object (NEO). The Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram reports that Rohrabacher will make “direct appeals” to NASA administrator Michael Griffin and other officials this week to urge them “to take seriously the threat of […] It’s not quite “the best of times, the worst of times”, but it was clear yesterday that civil space fared better than military space in the eyes of Congressional appropriators. The House Appropriations Committee signed off on a $16.5-billion budget for NASA, making no apparent changes to what the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce subcommittee […] One of the major events during last month’s International Space Development Conference in Washington was a presentation by former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart about a potential impact hazard posed by 2004 MN4, a near Earth object (NEO). (I have a detailed summary of his presentation, and responses from a couple other experts who also spoke […] The Baltimore Sun reports today that the billion-dollar cost overrun for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has gained the attention of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD). She told the Sun that she was “shocked” with the news earlier this month about the cost increase. “There should be no disruption to the program, the science or the […] Earlier this week the House Science Committee approved several bills, including a couple of minor bills with implications for NASA. One bill, HR 426, would authorize $15 million a year from FY2006 through 2010 for NASA to fund “pilot projects that use government and commercial remote sensing capabilities and other sources of geospatial information to […] |
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