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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 [...] Earlier today NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced the Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal program office assignments. These assignments are an important step for NASA and the Johnson Space Center in shaping our future. However, Congress still needs to approve these assignments as part of the Fiscal Year 2011 [...] 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 [...] 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 As if the Obama Administration needed any more opposition to its plans to turn NASA into an R&D, rather than a space exploration, center, the Federal Eye’s Ed O’Keefe reports in, Astronaut families press NASA’s case with administration, that the Astronauts Memorial Foundation is strongly opposing the President’s changes to NASA’s human space program in [...] Check out this great video of the successful milestones that ATK has made on Ares I, ATK Progress on NASA’s Constellation Program. Constellation’s Ares I launcher is making great progress, which makes the Administration’s efforts to end Constellation so…just other-worldly.
FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit 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 [...] Paint falling off of Falcon 9 In an article in the L.A. Times, A lot is riding on SpaceX rocket, it was reported, “The average space shuttle flight costs about $1 billion, he said. Flights from SpaceX will run around $100 million.” Let’s go through those numbers a bit. According to the Augustine Committee’s Final Report, p. 50, [...] |
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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