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NASA announced Tuesday afternoon that administrator Sean O’Keefe will be the luncheon speaker Wednesday at a meeting of the US Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors in Washington. According to the press release: O’Keefe will present the administration’s Vision for Space Exploration (VSE). The VSE will accelerate advances in robotics, autonomous and fault tolerant systems, […] Tuesday morning I attended a breakfast meeting of the Space Transportation Association with Craig Steidle, the NASA associate administrator for exploration systems, as the featured speaker. Steidle’s presentation was very similar to past ones he has given (he has used essentially the same set of slides a number of times, like these released in associated […] A front-page article in Sunday’s Washington Post describes the outpouring of public sentiment in support of Hubble in the wake of NASA’s decision to cancel the SM4 mission. The article argues, as many have, that the SM4 cancellation threatens the agency’s focus on the new exploration program: What emerges from this outpouring is an “us-vs.-them” […] As previously noted, a number of people are growing concerned that the new space initiative might not be able to start on schedule because of the perceived difficulty of getting the NASA budget increase the President called for in FY2005. It looks like even officials within NASA think the planned increase is unlikely. The Huntsville […] President Bush signed into law on Tuesday the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 (S.610). The bill gives NASA new power to attract and retain employees, including paying bonuses and establishing high salaries for a handful of positions deemed critical by the agency. The law also allows NASA to establish a scholarship program for college students; […] I alluded in a posting a couple days ago that NASA comptroller Steve Isakowitz had outlined four “great misconceptions” about the new space initiative. I hadn’t had the chance until now to discuss what those misconceptions were that Isakowitz outlined during a Space Transportation Association breakfast earlier this month. In short, the four misconceptions are: […] The Bush Administration released its FY2005 budget proposal today, which includes $16.2 billion for NASA. The announcement doesn’t contain many surprises, since most of the basic details were already publicized last month when the new space initiative was announced. See SPACE.com and SpaceRef for more details, including what programs will contribute to the $11.6 billion […] In the last few days some details have emerged about what NASA’s FY05 budget—scheduled to be released on February 2—will look like. NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe told reporters this week that the agency will get $16.2 billion in ’05, an increase in line with what the President announced this week. He didn’t, however, offer details […] I’ve noticed on the web and in mailing lists over the last day that there has been some confusion regarding exactly what is going to happen to the budget. Part of this confusion stems from the White House fact sheet announcing the new space initiative, which makes it unclear exactly how much more money NASA […] |
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