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Some members of the US Senate are turning to some well-known people to assist them on space issues. The Houston Chronicle reported Sunday that sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) has hired Neal Lane, former NSF director and White House science advisor, to advise her on space issues. Lane is currently with Rice University, with positions […] The House passed on Wednesday a bill that would give NASA additional powers to hire and retain people. The NASA Work Force Flexibility Act of 2003 (HR1085 and S.610) gives NASA the ability to give better pay and other benefits to critical employees and also create a “scholarship for service” program to financial aid to […] The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (subscription required) that the House Science Committee will hold a hearing next week on legislation for regulations covering commercial human spaceflight—space tourism. The hearing, most likely to take place Wednesday—although there is nothing yet about on the committee’s web site—will cover legislation designed to amend existing law on commercial […] Congressman Nick Lampson (D-TX) has been named the ranking minority member of the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Lampson succeeds Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), who became ranking minority member of the full committee after Texas Congressman Ralph Hall switched from the Democratic to the Republican party. Lampson, whose district includes JSC, is […] First it was Sen. Mukulski, now it’s the rest of the state’s Congressional representatives. The AP reports that all ten members of the state’s Congressional delegation—Mukulski, fellow senator Paul Sarbanes, and all eight House members—have signed a letter sent to NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe asking him to reconsider his decision to cancel the SM4 Hubble […] The first, but certainly not the last, hearing on the president’s new space initiative is scheduled for Wednesday morning, when the full Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on “National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Future Space Mission”. The usual cast of characters will be present: besides NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe, a separate panel […] Late last week Rep. Ralph Hall, a veteran Congressman from Texas, announced that he was switching from the Democratic to the Republican party. (Hall claimed that he made the switch because Republicans had “zeroed out” his district’s appropriations in the budget, although more cynical people note that Republican redistricting in Texas would have made it […] |
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