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At the Space Access ’08 conference in Phoenix on Friday, Charles Miller, a member of the board of directors of the Space Frontier Foundation, gave a presentation with a provocative title: “The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) and the Retirement of the Baby Boomers: Is this the Beginning of the End? or The End of […] While it’s been mentioned in the comments in the earlier post on the subject, it’s worth a post itself. Space News scored the first interview with Ed Weiler, the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center and the interim replacement for Alan Stern as head of the Science Mission Directorate. The interview makes it clear […] NASA officially announced this morning that Alan Stern, the associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, was resigning. He will be replaced on an intermin basis, at least, by Ed Weiler, the director of NASA Goddard. Stern will leave in “a few weeks”, Stern announced in an email memo cited by Space News/SPACE.com. “While I […] In last week’s issue of The Space Review, I reported on some Mars scientists were concerned about the long-term future of the exploration of the Red Planet, given shifting NASA priorities and funding. While the near-term picture looks promising, with the arrival of the Phoenix lander in two months and the planned 2009 launch of […] Houston has a big interest in the fortunes of NASA, given the presence of the Johnson Space Center. The Hampton Roads area of Virginia also has a similar interest because of the Langley Research Center. So it’s not surprising that newspapers in both areas are pleading for more money for NASA—although taking somewhat different angles […] Congressman Dave Weldon (R-FL), who is retiring from Congress, is still hoping to get his legislation that would extend the life of the shuttle after 2010 passed before the end of the year. Weldon tells a local newspaper that he hopes the SPACE Act will be “passed and enacted” this year. The bill, HR 4837, […] Much of the talk of a new “space race” emerging between the United States and China has been fed by comments by NASA Administrator Mike Griffin where he said that he believed China could land humans on the Moon before the US could return. Griffin reiterated that belief in an interview with the Houston Chronicle […] At today’s hearing on NASA’s proposed FY09 science budget, there’s likely to be some discussion on the future of NASA’s Mars exploration program, and the perception that Mars exploration may be getting a lower priority in the years to come. After the Mars Science Laboratory mission is launched next year, the next NASA Mars mission […] NASA administrator Mike Griffin gave the keynote speech yesterday at the Goddard Memorial Symposium, for the third year in the year (“I think you guys need to get a life,” he joked.) His speech had the theme of “The reality of tomorrow”, borrowing from a statement by Robert Goddard: “It is difficult to say what […] Not wanting to get too far out on a limb, Sunday’s Florida Today features an article headlined “Election may affect NASA future”. The article doesn’t directly address what the next president might do to change space policy, but rather looks at the debate about whether the Ares 1 is the best vehicle to implement NASA’s […] |
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