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More from Newt

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 23 at 12:32 pm ET

The Christian Science Monitor has an article today about Newt Gingrich, former House speaker and potential 2008 Presidential candidate (although Gingrich plays down the latter in the article.) When asked what government programs he would like to see cut, Gingrich responded:

Why is NASA running the space shuttle? Just ask yourself, why would you have […]

Scientists and exploration

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 23 at 7:54 am ET

A session of the recent AAAS conference in Washington dealt with scientists’ reactions to the Bush Administration’s science policy and budget. The end of an AP article about the session discusses what two of the panelists, Rosina Bierbaum, dean of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Neal Lane of Rice […]

Of budgets and regulations

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 21 at 7:38 am ET

In this week’s issue of The Space Review, Taylor Dinerman looks at the recent House Science Committee hearing on the NASA FY2006 budget proposal. There weren’t too many revelations from that hearing, but Dinerman points out the elephant in the room nearly everyone seems to be ignoring: the need to come up with a way […]

It depends on how you define “drastic”

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 17 at 7:30 am ET

In a TownHall.com column, Larry Elder notes that NASA makes the list of about 150 agencies facing “drastic spending reductions”:

The president proposes $16.45 billion for NASA in 2006. That’s a 2.4 percent increase over what the government is spending this year on the program. But it is $500 million less than what the space […]

Beware the exploration bully

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 11 at 6:26 am ET

I don’t think you’ll see this Florida Today editorial cartoon posted on too many cubicle walls and bulletin boards in NASA’s Office of Exploration Systems.

Milspace budget news

By Jeff Foust on 2005 February 8 at 7:34 am ET

While most of the media attention on the space-related aspects of the FY06 budget proposal has been on NASA, there are also some significant military space developments. According to the Washington Post, the ’06 defense budget includes $864 million—an increase of $340 million—to support the two EELV contractors, Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The money will […]

Space policy internship

By Jeff Foust on 2005 January 31 at 6:12 am ET

Undergrads who are looking for a summer job and have an interest in space policy should check out the Space Policy Internship sponsored by the National Academies’ Space Studies Board. The intern will have the opportunity to work on one or more projects over the summer, ranging from “future human exploration of space” to “a […]

More on Hubble

By Jeff Foust on 2005 January 24 at 7:46 am ET

Since Friday’s Space News report that NASA will offer no funding for a Hubble robotic repair mission, there have been a few additional reports about the subject, including articles by the Washington Post, New York Times, and Baltimore Sun. These reports don’t offer many new details, instead mainly confirming the original report that, by the […]

Suborbital Institute lobbying

By Jeff Foust on 2005 January 22 at 11:57 am ET

The Suborbital Institute is planning a two-day lobbying effort on Capitol Hill on February 8 and 9 (immediately before the FAA/AST Forecast Conference in Washington.) The Usenet message describing the event is scant on details; contact Andrew Case for more information.

Politicians and pundits say the darndest things

By Jeff Foust on 2005 January 21 at 8:04 am ET

A quiet week in space policy, but even during the quietest times you can count in people to say some odd things:

At a pre-inaugural event in Washington on Tuesday, Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) introduced Buzz Aldrin as “as the second man to walk on the moon, following ‘Neil Young,’”, the Washington Post’s lukewarm gossip […]

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