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By Jeff Foust on 2010 June 16 at 7:22 am ET In a press conference yesterday, Huntsville mayor Tommy Battle made it clear he was not happy about the latest effort to cut back work on Constellation this fiscal year, let alone plans to cancel most of the program, given the impact it will have on his city. “It’s not a time to tell our citizens […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 June 6 at 9:27 am ET The same day that SpaceX was launching its first Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, the Presidential Task Force on Space Industry Work Force and Economic Development held a public session a short distance to the west, in Orlando, with the task force’s co-chairs, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, in attendance. Little […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 May 21 at 7:21 am ET Nearly six years ago, several months after President Bush announced the Vision for Space Exploration, a group of space organizations announced the formation of the Space Exploration Alliance (SEA), a loose federation designed to drum up support for NASA’s new space exploration mandate. The SEA is best known for running a series of legislative “blitzes” […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 May 15 at 11:25 am ET Aviation Week sees signs of a developing compromise between the White House and Congress on NASA’s future, based on its interpretation of this week’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing. That assessment is based in part on comments at the hearing by Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), the latter stating that he believes […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 April 21 at 1:05 pm ET While officials from dozens of nations met in Washington last week for a summit on nuclear security, astronomers were also getting riled up about nuclear issues, albeit of a very different kind. The American Astronomical Society (AAS) sent out an “Action Alert” to its members last Monday, asking them to contract Congress about restarting production […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 April 7 at 1:03 pm ET Space advocates on Florida’s Space Coast are gearing up for Sunday’s “Save Space” rally in Cocoa, Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) the latest politician to agree to participate in the event. Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL), and Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, along with other state and local politicians, are participating in the event. […] Filed under: Lobbying | 55 comments By Jeff Foust on 2010 April 1 at 6:06 am ET Two months ago today the White House released its FY11 budget proposal that contained sweeping changes for NASA, initiating a cycle of commentary and criticism of the planned change in direction for the agency’s exploration plans that has not ceased. As the Orlando Sentinel notes, many people are anxiously awaiting additional details about the plan, […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 March 16 at 6:31 am ET The big effort in the House this week is to pass a health care reform bill, but that doesn’t mean that space can’t figure into the mix. The Orlando Sentinel reported that Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) brought up the subject in a meeting with President Obama last Thursday. The president if trying to secure Kosmas’s […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 March 7 at 11:27 am ET Place this in the “politics makes for strange bedfellows” file: today’s Baltimore Sun reports on an interesting source of fundraising for Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), chair of the appropriations subcommittee with oversight of NASA’s budget, who is running for reelection this year. The article notes that the Huntsville metro area is fourth in donating to […] By Jeff Foust on 2010 February 26 at 6:58 am ET ProSpace, which will be holding its March Storm lobbying effort on Capitol Hill next week, has released its agenda of issues it plans to bring up in those meetings. The key items cover topics in export reform, exploration, and commercialization: ITAR reform Support the addition to the Senate version of the Foreign Relations Authorization […] Filed under: Lobbying | 18 comments |
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