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Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN), chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, announced this morning that he will not seek reelection in 2010. Gordon, who was first elected to Congress in 1984, said it was time for him to being a “new chapter” in his life. “When I was elected, I was the youngest member […] We noted here last week that Congressman Parker Griffith (D-AL) had some strong comments about the lack of a space policy decision for the White House to date, and the underlying concern that such a decision could jeopardize the future of the Ares 1 (which is being developed by NASA Marshall, in his district). At […] At Thursday’s Women in Aerospace breakfast event in Washington, NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco passed along this anecdote from Capitol Hill: I was visiting the Hill, talking to members of Congress about the importance of our satellite systems, and a member of Congress who shall go unnamed said to me, “I don’t need your satellites. […] The full House Science and Technology Committee is holding a hearing this morning titled “Decisions on the Future Direction and Funding for NASA: What Will They Mean for the U.S. Aerospace Workforce and Industrial Base? “ (This was originally planned to be held by the space subcommittee, the third in a series of hearings on […] Congressional appropriations negotiators reached agreement last night on an omnibus spending bill for FY 2010 that is largely good news for NASA. Only the top-level details of the consolidated appropriations bill have been released by House and Senate appropriators, but the summary for the Commerce, Justice, and Science section indicates NASA will get $18.7 billion […] Yesterday’s hearing on human spaceflight safety by the House Science and Technology Committee’s space subcommittee didn’t have a lot of surprises: the standing of Ares 1 as safer than the shuttle (or potential EELV- or shuttle-derived alternatives) was affirmed by some of the panelists, while the sole representative of the commercial sector, Brett Alexander, made […] With all apologies to House Transportation Committee’s hearing on commercial space transportation, arguably the more interesting—or, at least, potentially more contentious—space-related hearing this morning will be two floors up in the Rayburn House Office Building, where the space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will examine the issue of the safety of human […] Two more space-related hearings are on the schedule for subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee this week and next. On Thursday afternoon the investigations and oversight subcommittee is holding a hearing on “Independent Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration”. Scheduled witnesses are: Hon. Thomas Howard, Acting Inspector General, National Aeronautics and […] The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released details about Wednesday’s hearing by its aviation subcommittee on commercial space transportation. As noted here a couple weeks ago, the hearing does appear based, at least in part, on a 2006 GAO report about the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation. The announced list of witnesses: Dr. George […] Last month most of the Texas Congressional delegation sent a letter to President Obama asking that $3 billion in stimulus funding be redirected to NASA. Beyond the question of whether the president has the authority to do so (as the money was specifically appropriated by Congress), there was another issue: a number of the congressmen […] |
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