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NASA Must Initiate Transition Plan for Heavy Lift Maser Says “We don’t want to see any Constellation contracts canceled until we have a transition plan and can transition the skill set. We think the worst thing for the industry would be if all these contracts were canceled and then there was a pause of 12 to [...] Well, it took…oh, only about 1 3/4 months, but a major aerospace industry leader has stepped-up to support the Obama Administration’s plans for transforming NASA into an R&D center. That industry leader, as reported by the Orlando Sentinel’s Mark Mathews in, ULA backs Obama NASA plan, is none other than United Launch Alliance. But [...] 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 As reported by the BBC in, Obama Nasa Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Say Moon Astronauts, Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jim Lovell opposed the Obama Administration’s plan for a “new direction” for NASA. The BBC’s Pallab Ghosh interviewed Moon Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan at a a private event at the Royal Society in London [...] 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 Update 1: Seems more videos have been removed. Also, updated so the images work and the number of followers is visible. Yesterday, we were looking at 3 video posted by NASA on YouTube showing several successful tests of the Ares I program. One video we liked so much we actually copied so that we could watch [...] Andrew Knapp Florida Today’s space guru reporter Todd Halvorson, in his article, Panelists Criticize Space Plan, has a great breakdown of the problems facing the President should he decide to demonstrate a profile in courage and return to the Space Coast. “President Barack Obama is in for a chilly reception when he visits the Space Coast [...] This will be held on March 9th, at Brevard Community College’s Bernard Smkpkins Fine Arts Center starting at 7PM. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit There is a really good review of the Hutchison space legislation, which was released yesterday, over at Human spaceflight rules within 60-days of Senator Hutchison act. As Hyperbola points out, while NASA’s leadership may be working on Plan B, with Congress now in the mix, Bolden & Co. will be much busier. (Via Hyperbola.) FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit In what can only be called amazing journalism, The Wall Street Journal’s Andy Pasztor is reporting in his piece, NASA Chief Bolden Seeks ‘Plan B’ for the Space Agency (Subscription required), that a March 2nd memo from NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden asks senior managers to draw up an alternate plan for the space agency after [...] |
Earl and Fiona
 This image from the GOES-13 satellite, taken at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, shows a huge Hurricane Earl northeast of North Carolina with cloud cover stretching over the northeastern U.S. A disorganized Tropical Storm Fiona is located in the bottom right of this image. Image Credit: NASA/NOAA Goes Project Read More |
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