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While most people have been preoccupied with financial bailout packages, the Senate found the time Saturday to approve HR 2638, a continiung resolution (CR) that will fund many federal agencies, including NASA, at FY 2008 levels though early March. Like the version the House approved Wednesday, the Senate version includes language that will extend NASA’s […] The House Saturday afternoon approved by voice vote the Senate version of HR 6063, the NASA authorization bill for fiscal year 2009 that the Senate passed Thursday night. The House Science and Technology Committee press release about the bill linked to above mentions a couple of key differences between this final version and the version […] As Congress grapples with a financial bailout bill valued at as much as $700 billion, it’s little wonder that a $56-billion stimulus package announced Thursday didn’t get much attention. However, the Reid/Byrd Economic Recovery Act of 2008, named after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd, has a little […] Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL), who has emerged as at least the most vocal opponent of Congressional efforts to extend NASA’s INKSNA waiver, lays out his position in an op-ed in Friday’s Orlando Sentinel. There’s not much there that he hasn’t said previously, particularly when he vowed to “pull every lever I have” to block the […] One of the key arguments against proposals to extend the life of the space shuttle beyond 2010 is that it only solves part of the problem with access to the ISS. The shuttle can ferry crews to and from the station, but it cannot remain on station for extended periods to serve the “lifeboat” role […] Sunday’s Washington Post reports on additional evidence of “raw relations” between NASA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Those tensions were illuminated last week when the Orlando Sentinel reported on the leaked email from NASA administrator Mike Griffin where Griffin complained of a “jihad” for retiring the shuttle by OMB and the Office […] Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) told Florida Today that he intends to make “a full, true-blue push” to get NASA’s INKSNA waiver extended in the Senate in the coming weeks. INKSNA is the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act, which includes a waiver allowing NASA to continue to purchase services from Russia through the end […] The Orlando Sentinel reports today about an internal NASA email by Mike Griffin that expresses frustration and criticism with the current state and future direction of the agency, particularly in regards to the shuttle, access to ISS, and the future of Constellation. The email, available here, has a tone that “depicts a man watching as […] Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) will meet with NASA administrator Mike Griffin on Tuesday to discuss the prospects for extending the life of the shuttle beyond 2010, Florida Today reported Saturday. Also likely to be discussed are the prospects for passing an extension to NASA’s existing waiver to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act […] NASA administrator Mike Griffin said Thursday that he has no confidence that Congress will pass an extension to the existing waiver in the Iran North Korea Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) that would allow NASA to continue to purchase ISS flight services after 2011. In interviews with CBS News and Florida Today, Griffin said that a […] |
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