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During yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, its Chairman Senator Jay Rockefeller asked the question how does human space exploration matter, not only today, but in the future? He also wanted to know how human space flight helps the human condition, sufficient to its budget, in America? Senator Rockerfeller doesn’t see why humans [...] For those of you who cannot tune-into the webcast of the Senate Science & Transportation Committee’s hearing on Assessing Commercial Space Capabilities, which is being held today at 2:30 PM EDST, we will be live-blogging this event. In the meantime, here’s the witness panel: Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford Credit: SpaceX Chalk-up a big catch for the new guys. As reported in the Wall Street Journal by Andy Pasztor (subscription required), SpaceX Rocket to Carry Loral Satellite. Even better, SpaceX beat the Russians and French on price. As for the first test-flight of Falcon 9, “Most likely, some set of unexpected things will happen that [...] Orion Docs With ISS Looks like things are heating-up between Congress and NASA leadership over that leadership’s efforts to begin terminating Constellation before Congress votes whether to do so, according to Space News Amy Klamper’s article, GAO Asked To Examine NASAs Constellation Shutdown Plans. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Orion Is Ready The Russian government, having maintained its support for human space flight even during the worst of economic times, can now reap the benefits of that long-term focus. As reported by Florida Today in, As options diminish, prices are going up, the Russians are about to make a good bit of money from [...] Video of Rep. Bishop's Speech Last night, Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) addressed misinformation surrounding the President’s cuts to NASA’s manned space program and specifically the Constellation program and Ares rocket in remarks given on the floor of the House of Representatives. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit 2008 Obama Space Speech The President’s new direction for NASA has not been too well received, as reported in, Obama facing uprising over new NASA strategy. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit 2008 Obama Space Speech The President’s upcoming trip to the Space Coast is not for Obama to roll-out his space vision. No, this trip is about one thing–keeping Florida, and the White House, in 2012. It is difficult to imagine how important Obama’s Titusville space speech was in helping him win 6/12 counties that make up [...] 2008 Obama Space Speech As reported by Amy Klamper of Space News in, Obamas Space Conference to Take Place in Kennedy Area, NASA Deputy Administrator Garver stated today that the President will be coming to the Kennedy Space Center area for his April 15th summit. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Interesting exchange, actually Kumbaya session, between Texas Representatives Shiela Jackson Lee and John Culberson about preserving our nation’s interdependent human space flight capability. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD HOUSE PROCEEDINGS PAGE H1211 March 9, 2010 SAVING NASA, A NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST AND ASSET |
On the Move
 As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer Read More |
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