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Last week Defense News reported that the Defense Department’s 2010 Space Posture Review would be delayed by at least several months, and perhaps by up to a year. That has also been reported by DoD Buzz, which added an interesting item: the review may recommend that the US scrap building several additional GPS satellites in […] The Orlando Sentinel provided an update earlier this week on efforts to extend the shuttle program beyond its currently remaining five flights. As you might expect, there wasn’t much to update: there’s been little recent progress, and even advocates like Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL), who has introduced legislation to extend (HR 1962) to authorize funding […] Besides the question of what the president’s new space exploration plan might be, the next most important (or, at least, most frequently asked) questions have been when the plan will be announced and how much additional money the White House will request for NASA, at least in the FY2011 budget. We’re starting to get some […] Today marks one year since Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. This marks an opportunity to examine what he has—and has not—accomplished during that time, in this case in terms of space policy. While the president himself gives himself a “good solid B-plus”, on space policy a more […] House legislation to extend the space shuttle program beyond its planned retirement this year may be joined by more a comprehensive Senate bill in the near future. At the symposium “Human Spaceflight and the Future of Space Science”, held yesterday in Washington by USRA and GWU’s Space Policy Institute, Jeff Bingham of the Senate Commerce […] Florida Today published today its interpretation of the new space stategy that the White House will unveil in the coming weeks. Here’s what the newspaper thinks the new strategy will contain: An increase in NASA’s budget of at least $1 billion; Extending the ISS through 2020; No extension of the shuttle program (sorry, Congressman Posey) […] As the space shuttle enters what is most likely its final year of operations, Florida’s Space Coast region is growing increasingly concerned about what will happen to the local economy once the shuttle is retired and the thousands of jobs associated with it lost, particularly with uncertainly about the agency’s future direction. In an editorial […] NASA administrator Charles Bolden didn’t make any major policy pronouncements in his speech Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC, although one wouldn’t expect him to in this “quiet period” before the FY11 budget release and any White House announcement about a chance in policy. “I’m sure all of you would like […] Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) tells Central Florida News 13 that he is “cautiously optimistic” that the White House will provide additional money to NASA in the FY2011 budget proposal, due out next month, but wasn’t specific about what changes in direction the administration might make in the agency’s space exploration plans. “I think he will […] According to THOMAS, HR 3819, the commercial launch indemnification regime extension, was signed into law by the president on Monday. The Senate approved the bill by unanimous consent last week, two months after the House passed the legislation. The bill extends the current system, where the federal government indemnifies commercial launch providers for any third-party […] |
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