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An article on the front page of the Washington Post discusses the lack of momentum the new space initiative has in Congress. The article is a good overview of the issues that have been discussed here and elsewhere in the last three-and-a-half months, although there’s not much in the way of new information. The writer, […] The President’s Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond has released the agenda for its final public hearing, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in New York. The hearing will feature two sessions on international issues, two on science (lunar “and other space science” and astrophysics), as well as sessions on sustainability, media, business, and space advocacy […] In an essay published Thursday, SPACE.com science writer Robert Roy Britt comments on the lack of support for the new space initiative within Congress, bringing up a number of points discussed here and elsewhere recently. He also notes recent reports that the bulk of the budget increase NASA has asked for will go to support […] While I have been skeptical of claims of an imminent US-China space race, others, like Mark Whittington, have not. However, a more important issue might be the perception of competition, Dwayne Day argues in a new article from The Space Review. Increased spending on civilian space activities, such as manned spaceflight, takes funding and other […] The New York Times published an article Tuesday about concerns some scientists have about the new exploration initiative. While a lot of attention has been given to NASA’s decision to cancel the final shuttle Hubble servicing mission—not directly related to the initiative—the plan also calls for cutting some space and earth science budgets, including deferring […] A few notes related to the Aldridge Commission: The best coverage of the commission’s public hearing in San Francisco last week comes, not surprisingly, from the San Francisco Chronicle, which published an article on Monday about the full-day session on Friday. The article touches on most of the topics raised during the hearing, including some […] The newspaper Florida Today ran an editorial cartoon over the weekend that portrays a man, labeled “Florida Space Authority” (FSA), playing an arcade game called “Space Investors”, desperately seeking quarters from two onlookers (representing the state legislature and taxpayers) to keep playing the game. A lot of quarters: $94 million worth. An earlier editorial from […] I’ve heard from a well-placed source that there is an effort underway to craft a new coalition of organizations that will support the new space exploration plan. Unlike the Coalition for Space Exploration, whose membership is composed primarily of aerospace companies, this loose association will be mostly made up of advocacy organizations. (Getting these groups […] The AIAA has updated its schedule for the International Policy Seminar, a free forum on primarily space issues this Wednesday, April 21. The one significant change is that the event will now be held in Rayburn 2318, the House Science Committee hearing room; the shift was warranted by the “high number of responses” for this […] The President’s Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond (aka the Aldridge Commission) has issued a press release about, and schedule for, its next public hearing later this week in San Francisco. The hearing features a hodgepodge of topics, from entertainment and education to propulsion and “space prosperity”. The schedule doesn’t appear to be quite complete […] |
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