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In an editorial in this week’s issue, the journal Nature wades into the debate about funding for various astronomy missions within NASA triggered by NASA administrator Mike Griffin’s AAS speech last week. In that speech, Griffin warned that Congress’ decision to provide extra funding for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)—the result of what he called […] Tiger Weekly, a publication serving the LSU community, talked with university chancellor and former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe about the space agency’s exploration plans. There’s not much here (he tells the reporter he likes the Vision for Space exploration, adding, “I’m biased, since I helped to fashion that new direction”), although he seems less concerned […] Today marks the fourth anniversary of the formal unveiling of the Vision for Space Exploration in a speech by President Bush at NASA Headquarters. In an article in this week’s issue of The Space Review, I discuss that we’re entering a critical year for the Vision, not just because of the uncertainty about who will […] In his speech Thursday, Griffin said that with “the budgetary resources currently projected during the critical development years of 2009 and 2010, we can reasonably forecast the Orion and Ares systems coming online by early 2015.” Griffin isn’t happy with that timeline, but said that “it would be far worse if I were to over-promise […] In a speech Thursday at the annual conference of the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, NASA administrator Mike Griffin made a couple of resolutions for 2008. One is to ensure that Constellation remains on track in 2008 as the development of the Ares 1 launch vehicle and Orion spacecraft enter critical phases. […] NASA administrator Mike Griffin and the astronomical community have not had the best of relationships since Griffin became administrator nearly three years ago: astronomers are upset at budget cutbacks in various missions and research programs, while Griffin argues that such programs get plenty of funding and the real problem has been programs with unrealistic budgets […] NASA is used to being criticized in editorials from major national newspapers (New York Times, Washington Post) or papers in areas where the agency has a major presence (Florida Today, Houston Chronicle). When smaller newspapers in areas with no significant NASA presence start taking aim at the agency, though, that’s a sign that things are […] Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr. wants to change the way NASA does business. In an essay in today’s issue [subscription may be required], Jenkins thinks NASA would do well to follow the lead of Robert Bigelow, who has offered $760 million for eight flights to his planned orbital habitats, a guarantee of […] [Third in a series.] Following up on my previous posts summarizing the budget and reviewing its various requests for reports and studies, there is some other language of interest in the appropriations legislation itself and its accompanying conference report: Much to the consternation of The Mars Society and other human Mars exploration advocates, the bill […] [Second in a series.] The conference report accompanying the FY2008 appropriations bill contains a number of provisions calling on studies, either by NASA or outside agencies, on various areas of concern to Congress: The conference report states that the House and Senate appropriations committees are concerned that “NASA is not able to anticipate adequately technical […] |
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