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Thanks to the grand publicity machine that is the Internet (and you thought it was just a series of tubes) you may have already read the op-ed I wrote for the latest issue of SEED magazine on the burdens facing NASA now and a way out. But there’s an interesting backstory about this essay worth […] A reader sent me a notice about a new web site, Spacedebate.org, which describes itself as “an effort to expand the debate on the weaponization of space through a collaborative wiki-like tool for structured debate on a topic.” The site is devoted to collecting arguments and evidence on both sides of the issue. Spacedebate.org is […] Space Florida, the new state agency designed to unify Florida’s various space-related offices, officially got off the ground Monday. The public-private office, created by the state legislature earlier this year by merging several existing agencies, is focused at the moment on hiring a president, hoping to have a leader selected in the next six weeks. […] Not surprisingly, Tuesday’s launch of the shuttle Discovery triggered some editorials and columns about the shuttle program and space exploration in general. Some highlights (or lowlights, as the case may be): USA Today founder Al Neuharth, in his weekly column, still thinks we’re racing the Russians in space because they, historically, have launched more satellites […] There wasn’t too much media reaction to the USA Today/Gallup Poll results on support for NASA and the shuttle program (the document is now behind a subscriber firewall; see this earlier summary of the poll results.) One outlet that did cover it was WILX-TV of Lansing, Michigan, although one might wish they hadn’t, since they […] The Los Angeles Daily News reported that an effort to win a tax credit for companies that perform Crew Exploration Vehicle work in California failed to make it through the state legislature. The bill, AB 2033, would extend an existing tax credit for Joint Strike Fighter work in the state and expand it to include […] Aviation Week reports in its latest issue that earlier this month the Treasury Department moved to freeze the assets under US jurisdiction of four Chinese companies, including China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), the principal Chinese commercial space company, and its US subsidiary, G.W. Aerospace, Inc. The companies allegedly provided support to Iran for the […] What do they have in common? They’re three of ten ways human civilization might meet its demise, according to a documentary airing on the Sci Fi Channel tonight. An article in today’s Washington Post recounts a discussion about those topics, organized by the channel, held yesterday on Capitol Hill. The topic of death by asteroid […] Reuters reported yesterday that Boeing and Lockheed Martin are still waiting for the Federal Trade Commission to approve the formation of the United Launch Alliance, contrary to a report published Saturday by US Space News, which claimed that the FTC had rejected the merger. (The Reuters article primarily covers separate negotiations between Boeing and the […] The House Science Committee’s space subcommittee is holding a hearing this Tuesday titled “The NASA Workforce: Does NASA Have the Right Strategy and Policies to Retain and Build the Workforce It Will Need?” (10:30 am, Rayburn 2318). Witnesses scheduled to appear include: Ms. Toni Dawsey, Assistant Administrator, Human Capital Management, National Aeronautics and Space Administration […] |
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