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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 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 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 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 [...] Dr. Edward Crawley At the IEEE/AIAA confrence in Big Sky, Montana, Dr. Edward Crawley, MIT Professor and former member of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, a.k.a. the Augustine Committee, presented to the audience the Augustine Committee’s activities, research and thought processes as it reached its findings. Dr. Crawley did a [...] Houston Mayor Anisse Parker Houston’s newly elected Mayor, Annise Parker, wrote President Obama on March 5th expressing her opposition to the Administration’s plans for NASA. Her letter is a well-argued critique of why the Administration’s plans for NASA will take the agency, and our human space flight program, down the wrong path. While the Houston Mayor [...] According to SpaceFlight Now, which was covering today’s Falcon 9 static test fire on itsMission Status Center, SpaceX aborted the Falcon 9′s static test fire. At 1:42 PM (EST), a flash of fire and smoke was just observed at the base of the Falcon 9 rocket, but the engines did not ignite. According to Spaceflight [...] Paint falling off of Falcon 9 Watch this video,Falcon 9 has paint and/or primer literally falling off, and you’ll that a good amount of the rocket has lost its paint and cork insulation. You will also notice small pieces of paint and cork insulation falling off the Falcon 9. Then, at 00:08, a much [...] Michael Griffin Listening tonight to Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, debate former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on PBS was a case study of sound bites versus informed opinion. I don’t write that to be harsh–it’s just my own personal observation. While Alexander, who has a strong aerospace background, threw-out phrases such as Orion [...] |
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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