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ProSpace has opened registration for March Storm 2006, its annual Congressional lobbying blitz. This year’s event is scheduled for February 27 through March 1 (Monday through Wednesday), with training on Sunday the 26th. The agenda for this year’s March Storm has yet to be announced, although it will likely bear some similarities to last year’s […] The Wall Street Journal [subscription required] reported Saturday that the Pentagon has decided to give its seal of approval to the United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture that would merge the EELV operations of the two companies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) still has to sign off on the merger, a process that […] Last week the FAA released a Notice for Proposed Rulemaking for commercial space flight passengers and crew and opened a docket for comments on that NPRM. (Go to this web site and search for docket 23449). As of this morning four comments were available for viewing: Brian F. Ficke expresses concern that the NPRM does […] An AP article from earlier this week discusses an analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on federal R&D funding. The study finds that while overall federal R&D spending will increase 2.2 percent in 2006 to $135 billion, 97 percent of that increase will go to the Defense Department and NASA; […] It’s tough to find critics of NASA’s robotic planetary exploration program, particularly now given the spectacular successes of the Mars rovers, Cassini, and other missions. But then there’s curmudgeonly commentator Les Kinsolving, a talk radio host and columnist for the right-of-center online publication WorldNetDaily. In a column today he lambasts NASA for the New Horizons […] If you’re bored of football games and parties this New Year’s holiday weekend and looking for some alternatives, you may want to read the new Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on crew and passenger requirements for commercial vehicles released Thursday by the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST). This NPRM was developed by AST, […] I stumbled across a transcript from a press conference held Tuesday by Anatoly Perminov, head of Roskosmos. If you skim past the introduction, where Perminov goes through some launch statistics from 2005, Perminov had a few interesting things to say about Russia’s space program and its plans for the future: Roskosmos plans to issue a […] There were a few space policy-related items published over the holidays: In an op-ed in Tuesday’s Washington Post, Paul Spudis restates the case for going back to the Moon. His commentary is summarized in these sentences from the introduction: “The moon is important for three reasons: science, inspiration and resources. All three are directly served […] Space News reports online [subscription required] late Tuesday that the White House has changed course and endorsed a dedicated Landsat mission. A December 23 memo from OSTP director John Marburger (not yet available on the OSTP web site) directed the NPOESS program to remove a Landsat-type instrument and instead gave NASA responsibility for building a […] Postings here will be less frequent through the end of the calendar year, as I’ll be taking some time off. I’ll make note of any major developments during the next couple of weeks, but otherwise keep a lower profile until after the New Year. |
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