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A couple of, well, curious articles appeared online Sunday regarding space policy. One, in a publication called Dollars & Sense (“The Magazine of Economic Justice”), features an interview with anti-nuclear activist Bruce Gagnon. Gagnon, one of the most visible opponents of space nuclear power, says a number of things that are at least a little […] The National Space Society emailed a “legislative alert” to its members on Friday, calling on them to contact their Congressional representatives to urge them to support the new space initiative. Here’s a key paragraph from the message: The new human space exploration initiative has run into serious opposition in Congress. Many Senators and Congressmen are […] While space policy in the US this week has been dominated by Hubble and the new exploration initiative, there have been some significant changes within the Russian space agency. On Tuesday, as part of a larger government reorganization, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, or Rosaviakosmos, was renamed the Federal Space Agency, according to Itar-Tass. […] An article by the Scripps Howard News Service on Friday, essentially a grab bag of Washington-related news, offers what at first glance appears to be a scoop about the fate of the Hubble Space Telescope: Don’t expect much from a NASA review of its decision to shutter the Hubble telescope. Astronomers and some politicians want […] On Saturday the Associated Press issued an article regarding criticism of current and proposed Mars exploration efforts. The article starts off by quoting a couple of experts—Amitai Etzioni, a George Washington University sociologist and former White House advisor; and Sylvia Earle, a marine biologst—who appear to be opposed, to some degree, to sending missions, robotic […] An article in Thursday’s issue of the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill mentions the existence of a new organization, the Coalition for Space Exploration, whose intent is to promote the new space initiative. Several major aerospace companies, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, are members of this group, as well as organizations like the Aerospace Industries […] Part of the AIAA Air and Space Symposium 2004 next month in Washington is a one-day event on April 21 titled the AIAA International Policy Seminar. While the name makes it sound fairly generic, the emphasis of the event will be on space policy, according to the online agenda: Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, chairman of the […] I noted earlier today that although a NASA press release claimed that the list of speakers for the Aldridge Commission’s publish hearing in Dayton this week would be on the commission’s web site, it was not available as of midday today. I checked this evening and noticed that the list is now on their news […] On Monday the British think tank Demos issued a press release about a new poll it conducted with polling firm MORI regarding British public perceptions on some space policy issues. The good news is that Britons, particularly younger ones, which the poll dubs the “Beagle generation”, have a strong interest in space: 55% believe the […] As a NASA press release issued Tuesday morning reminds us, the next hearing of the Aldridge Commission is scheduled to begin Wednesday afternoon in Dayton, with the hearing continuing all day Thursday. (Hopefully no one uses the NASA release to find the site of the hearing, the Air Force Museum: the press release lists the […] |
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