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About a week and a half ago I noted here that some were concerned with NASA’s decision earlier this month to sign a contract with Roskosmos for ISS resupply through 2011, including both Progress cargo and Soyuz crew missions. Their concern was with mixed messages or a lack of confidence that NASA appeared to be […] The Huntsville Times reports that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and NASA administrator are still at odds over plans to close the robotic lunar exploration office at MSFC, a dispute that had Shelby saying earlier in the week that he was counting down the days until Griffin left office. Shelby told the newspaper Thursday, regarding Griffin: […] The Huntsville Times reported this weekend that key members of Congress have asked NASA to retain funding for its robotic lunar exploration office, located at MSFC but slated for closure under the agency’s FY07 operating plan. The letter, written by keep appropriations subcommittee chairs Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Rep. Alan Mollohan, and endorsed by Sen. […] Earlier this week NASA announced that it had extended an existing deal with Roskosmos to provide crew and cargo services to the ISS. The deal runs through 2011, and includes 15 Soyuz seats, 5.1 metric tons of cargo on Progress flights, and 1.4 metric tons of cargo that will be flown in the Russian Docking […] Griffin’s interview on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program Sunday covered a lot of familiar ground. There were a few particularly interesting points he raised, though: Griffin made some of his strongest comments to date about claims by scientists that their funding is being taken away to support exploration and other programs. “I’ve almost gotten to the point […] Something to add to your list of activities on Easter Sunday: NASA administrator Mike Griffin will appear on The C-SPAN program “Newsmakers” on Sunday. Also on the show will be two reporters who cover NASA, Brian Berger of Space News and Marc Kaufman of the Washington Post. The show airs at 10 am EDT Sunday; […] An issue that is not new, but had not gotten a lot of attention, burst to the surface this week when several members of Congress called for the dismissal of NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb. The letter, signed by Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC), chair of the investigations and oversight subcommittee of the House Science Committee, […] I’m at the Space Access ’07 conference in Phoenix, a meeting popular with the entrepreneurial (aka NewSpace) space transportation community. One person who stood out was someone who is at the other end of the spectrum: Steve Cook, director of the Exploration Launch Projects Office at NASA Marshall, who talked about the status of the […] Yesterday’s hearings by the House Science and Technology Committee and the CJS subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee covered a lot of the issues that had already been covered in previous hearings this week, including plenty of hand-wringing by both Democrats and Republicans about the lack of money to meet all of NASA’s priorities. There […] The limited coverage of NASA administrator Mike Griffin’s testimony before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee didn’t reveal any new insights about the agency and its budget. Griffin, in prepared opening remarks, reiterated that the final FY07 budget will force a six-month delay in the development of Orion. He also said that NASA will […] |
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