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Three members of the US Senate, including Republican presidential candidate John Mccain, have asked President Bush not to take any steps that would preclude extending the shuttle’s life beyond 2010. In a letter to the president dated Monday, McCain and Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and David Vitter (R-LA) said uncertainty about US access to […] Early this month the Orlando Sentinel reported that a planned extension of NASA’s exemption of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) was in jeopardy in Congress. The current exemption, which allows NASA to buy Progress and Soyuz flight services from Russia, expires in 2011; NASA sought an extension for Soyuz flights only, […] It’s debatable whether Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of NASA: it was actually the anniversary of the signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act by President Eisenhower, and NASA didn’t formally enter into existence until October 1. Nonetheless, the anniversary offered a hook for both major presidential campaigns to talk about space policy, if […] In this week’s issue of The Space Review, I write about concerns by many about the direction of COTS, specifically its current emphasis exclusively on cargo missions rather than cargo and crew. That concern is rooted in the belief that cargo-only solutions would have only a single customer—NASA resupply of ISS—while a crewed vehicle could […] Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Act, the legislation that created NASA (which itself was formally established on October 1, 1958). To mark that anniversary the House Science and Technology Committee is holding a hearing: “NASA at 50: Past Accomplishments and Future Opportunities and Challenges” on […] Sunday’s Orlando Sentinel published an editorial about a NASA/KSC proposal to develop a new commercial launch site on space center property and the outcry it created. Early this year KSC held some public hearings about the proposal as part of an environmental study, and got nearly unanimous criticism from everyone from environmentalists concerned about placing […] Yet another critic of NASA’s exploration architecture has emerged: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The Orlando Sentinel reports today that Aldrin wants to convene a “panel of experts” to study whether Constellation is the right approach to implementing the Vision for Space Exploration. “We need to stick with the mission but rethink some of the […] It’s rare to see a major newspaper devote editorial space to, well, space. However, on Wednesday two of the nation’s largest newspapers (as well as one smaller paper that more frequently covers space issues) took on the topic in editorials and op-eds: Leading off, the Los Angeles Times examines the proposed space policies of presidential […] Remember the minor kerfuffle that Congressman John Culberson set off last week when he said that “NASA wastes a vast amount of money”? Last night Culberson apologized for those comments, the Houston Chronicle reported. Culberson, speaking in the latest in his series of online video town hall meetings, said “I let my temper get a […] On a panel about COTS at the NewSpace 2008 conference last Friday, Jeff Bingham, a staffer on the space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, said that the House and Senate had recently completed “pre-conferencing” of the NASA authorization legislation to speed its passage. “We had to do what is a six-week process in four […] |
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