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Former NASA administrator Dan Goldin doesn’t speak much publicly about his tenure as NASA administration from 1992 to 2001, nor about space policy issues today. So it was a bit of a surprise to see him speak last week at a symposium last week on the 50th anniversary of NASA’s astrobiology efforts in the Washington […] Is NASA administration Charles Bolden being pushed aside by the White House? That’s the claim of a Houston Chronicle article Saturday, cobbling together various events, ranging from controversy about his China trip to his now-infamous al-Jazeera interview, suggesting that the administration is considering replacing Bolden. (The article also claims that the administration slighted Bolden by […] Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) became the second member of Congress to speak out against NASA administrator Charles Bolden’s upcoming trip to China. In a letter to President Obama this week Culberson said he has “grave concerns about the nature and goals of China’s space program” and thus believes that there should be no cooperation between […] Today may be a federal holiday, but that apparently won’t stop the president from signing into law the NASA authorization bill. NASA organized a last-minute telecon with agency officials and legislators to discuss the “anticipated signing” later this afternoon of the bill by President Obama. (How last minute? I didn’t receive notice about it until […] According to one member of Congress, the House vote to approve the Senate version of the NASA authorization bill on September 29 went down to the wire. “They were thinking of pulling the bill” the day of the vote, claimed Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), in comments to the Bay Area (Texas) Citizen. “So we […] Prior to the passage of S.3729 in the House last week, science committee chairman Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) has indicated that he planned to “continue to advocate to the Appropriators for the provisions” in the “compromise” version his committee drafted but never voted upon. Late Friday committee leadership, including Gordon, ranking member Ralph Hall (R-TX), […] While President Obama didn’t get around to signing the NASA authorization bill Thursday, as Sen. Hutchison’s office had earlier reported, it didn’t stop her and several Houston-area members of Congress from praising the bill during a press conference Thursday afternoon at the Johnson Space Center. “This has not been an easy time,” Hutchison said. “We […] One of the lesser-covered aspects of last week’s vote on the NASA authorization bill is the opposition to the bill by members of Ohio’s delegation. Ten of Ohio’s 18 representatives, concerned about the effect the legislation would have on NASA Glenn, voted against the bill, ranging from House minority leader John Boehner to Dennis Kucinich […] [Update: apparently the president won’t be signing the bill today; it’s not listed on his schedule for the day (although other bill signings are) and the bill is still listed under pending legislation on the White House web site.] According to a media advisory released late yesterday by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, President Obama is […] In a discussion with the editorial board of the Huntsville Times this week, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) credited his colleague, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), for ensuring that NASA Marshall Space Flight Center would have a leading role in the new exploration plan through the development of an heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) in the authorization bill […] |
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