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For the last several months legislators in Wisconsin have been working on a bill that would create a Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, charged with the responsibility of overseeing a state spaceport, most likely in Sheboygan. (See earlier coverage.) That bill has passed both houses of the legislature and is awaiting the governor’s signature, according to an […] The Wall Street Journal [subscription required] reports today that the federal government—both the Defense Department and the Federal Trade Commission—are wrapping up an agreement that would permit the formation of the United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture that would combine the government launch operations of the two companies. That agreement, due to […] Yesterday Caspar Weinberger passed away at the age of 88. Weinberger was best known as Ronald Reagan’s defense secretary, but prior to that served several roles in the Nixon Administration, including deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. It was in that capacity, Dwayne Day recalls in an article in The Space Review […] Reuters reported yesterday that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the ruling party, “is moving to end a decades-old ban on military involvement in space development”. An LDP panel believes that getting the Japanese military more involved in space, including funding the development of military satellites, “would boost Japan’s space industry while improving the country’s ability […] Probably the most important Congressional hearing scheduled this week with space policy relevance is a hearing Thursday morning by the House Appropriations Committee’s Science, State, Justice, and Commerce subcommittee on NASA’s FY07 budget request. Mike Griffin is scheduled to testify at the 10am hearing in room H-309 of the Capitol. Two House Science Committee hearings […] Efforts in Florida to date to get the state to approve incentives to lure CEV and other space companies to the state have not yielded results. So, earlier this week state Rep. Bob Allen, a leading proponent of such incentives, announced a deal with several labor unions where the unions would provide $250 million from […] A bill currently in the California State Senate would provide a multimillion-dollar loan to aid the development of the spaceport at Mojave Airport, site of the historic SpaceShipOne flights and home to a number of commercial space ventures. The bill, SB 1671, would appropriate $11 million in the form of a 30-year loan to the […] Last week the GAO issued a report on the Defense Department’s responsive space plans, particularly the TacSat series of experimental small satellites. The report, commissioned by Congressman Terry Heaton, chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, is largely complimentary of the first satellite, TacSat 1, which was built in 12 […] Reuters reported Friday evening that the Defense Department has given its “conditional backing” to the formation of the United Launch Alliance. Neither the DOD nor the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with whom DOD officials met with on Friday, are talking about these recommendations; the Reuters article is based on the insights of one analyst, Loren […] Reuters reported Thursday night that the Pentagon is expected to forward its recommendations on the approval of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. The report offers no hints on whether the Pentagon will recommend the merger of Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s government launch operations, or if there will be […] |
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