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To most, it seemed like the long-running debate of human versus robotic space exploration had been settled some time ago in favor of a mix of both, attempting to take advantage of the benefits of both where reasonable. Yet, there are some people who are trying to rekindle the debate. Thursday’s Christian Science Monitor includes […] The editorial pages of many newspapers have congratulated NASA on the success of the Deep Impact mission. However, they are using the mission in different ways to support their own viewpoints on space policy issues: The Salem (Mass.) News sees Deep Impact as evidence that America “still reigns supreme when it comes to space exploration”. […] There has been a flurry of email activity over the holiday weekend about the long-moribund Office of Space Commercialization (OSC) within the Commerce Department. In the past OSC has been charged with promoting the space industry in the US, and to those ends has published a number of studies, such as one of the earliest […] NASA administrator Michael Griffin has said on a number of occasions that while NASA is looking to reduce the number of shuttle missions to the ISS from the currently-planned 28, in order to retire the shuttle by the end of 2010, he remains committed to completing and utilizing the station. An example is a comment […] With all the discussion of late about the politics of space weaponization, I couldn’t help but pass along this commentary identifying the latest threat to peace in the cosmos. (Warning: we recommend that you complete any beverage you may be drinking before viewing this article. We cannot be held responsible for any damage that may […] Today’s issue of the Washington Examiner (a free daily newspaper in the DC area) features a pair of op-eds that are at least mildly critical of the Vision for Space Exploration. In “2005: A Space Odious”, Charles Schultze, a senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institute, sounds off about the relative ineffectiveness of manned spaceflight […] The Florida Legislature last month did not pass a bill this year that would have created a state space commission—legislators killed the bill because of unrelated amendments—but that’s not going to stop Governor Jeb Bush. According to Florida Today, Bush will establish the commission anyway through an executive order, most likely during a board meeting […] In a statement issued today, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is calling on the administration and Congress to increase funding for NASA’s earth and space science programs. The AGU believes that funding requirements for shuttle return to flight, ISS assembly, and “launching the Moon-Mars initiative” are forcing NASA “to do more than it can with […] Last week’s report that NASA’s Voyager 1 was approaching the outer frontier of the solar system got the attention of newspaper editorial writers: not because of their heartfelt interest in space science, but because of reports that Voyager 1 and other spacecraft were threatened with termination as a budget-saving measure. Condemnation of the proposal came […] Every other spring, including this spring, I say to myself, “Wouldn’t it be cool to go to the Paris Air Show?” Then I realize that I have no time and no budget for such a trip (and the current lousy dollar-euro exchange rate doesn’t help matters.) So I’ll have to be content staying on this […] |
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