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In the final hours of its regular 2006 session, the New Mexico state legislature approved a spending bill that includes $100 million over three years for a new commercial spaceport in the southern part of the state. The legislature also approved a separate measure that allows cities and counties to impose gross receipts taxes on […] One of the most popular punching bags in the space industry, both among established and emerging companies, is export control. Everyone, it seems, has a story of woe to tell about the difficulty and delays involved in complying with export control regulations for space products, and how such obstacles threaten the American space industry. There […] A scandal appears to be brewing within the Canadian Space Agency that could cost the new head of the agency his job. The Canadian Press reported over the weekend that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) plans to start an investigation into reports that C$7.3 million in CSA contracts have never been accounted for. The […] I was a bit surprised late last week to see an AP article that quoted Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta as saying that he expected commercial space tourism to commence from the US by 2008. Not because Mineta didn’t say it—I was in the room at the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Conference Thursday morning when he […] The AP reports that the New Mexico House has passed legislation that allows localities to create taxes that could be used to help finance the planned commercial spaceport in the southern part of the state. The measure, which passed on a 42-14 vote, is identical to a measure the state Senate passed Saturday. The AP […] The NSS issued a press release late last night/early this morning calling for increased spending for NASA. (Since the release isn’t on their web site as of this writing, I have included it below, after the jump). It’s one thing to call for Congress to increase the budget to the fully-authorized level (an increase of […] A couple of officials will be speaking tomorrow on the NASA budget and space policy in Washington. NASA administrator Mike Griffin will be the speaker at a National Space Club luncheon, his first public speech since the budget was released Monday. “[I]t is anticipated that Dr. Griffin’s comments will address this important topic,” the announcement […] A little break from the budget coverage: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, speaking at the Emerging Issues Forum at North Carolina State University, brought up his state’s plans to build a commercial spaceport for space tourism. “We believe this is an industry of the future and we’re gambling on it,” he said, according to the […] Like members of Congress, reaction to the FY07 budget submission for NASA is widely varied. A sampling of comments: The Coalition for Space Exploration says that because of the FY07 budget proposal, the Vision for Space Exploration “will be able to continue on course with its bold plan of expanding the space frontier.” The group […] If you’re read all the budget information and then said to yourself, “gee, what can I do to convince Congress to support this budget?” (and you happen to be in the Washington DC area and have some free time later this week), you may want to check out the “Space Budget Blitz” being organized by […] |
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