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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 [...] Plain Talk By Al Neuharth, USA TODAY Founder KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — President Obama in effect pulled the plug on our space program in a speech here Thursday, although he masked it with some vague long-term suggestions. The late president John F. Kennedy must have turned over in his grave. JFK launched the moon landing [...] AmericaSpace Note: So, you’d think that if a President dealing with space issues and policy travels down to the Space Coast to make a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, that he would at least invite the Congressmen whose districts are most affected by that speech. But. You. Would. Be. Dead. Wrong. Congressman Posey represents [...] 2008 Obama Space Speech Well, finally! With only 6 days to go, details have emerged about the President’s trip to the Space Coast, as reported by Florida Today’s Todd Halvorson in, Obama To Arrive At KSC At 1:45 P.M. April 15. On Thursday, NASA Administrator Bolden said that the President would make a major space policy [...] In another insightful article that shows why Florida Today really takes its space journalism seriously, John Kelly talks about some of the inconsistencies that have been revealed through Congressional hearings over the Augustine Committee’s analysis of Constellation in Caveats on space plan can’t be ignored Kelly talks about the rigorous analysis the Augustine Committee treated estimates [...] 2008 Obama Space Speech According to the St. Petersberg Times, the President seems to be lining-up the various events that he will attend while visiting Florida mid-month. The President’s visit to Florida, when first announced in early March, was ostensibly to address the issue of his “new vision for NASA” that wipes-out NASA’s human space [...] When the White House announced its re-alignment of NASA and America’s human spaceflight program, it created a political and policy firestorm of epic proportions. And that was just nationally. What the White House’s termination of Constellation created in Florida was something that would make the hurricanes that occasionally hit Florida look like a thunderstorm. In an [...] Posey Highlights Space in Upcoming Local Events MELBOURNE, FL – Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) has announced a schedule of events he will be attending focusing on space related issues. Below is a list of events, with indication of events that are open to the media. In addition to the events listed below, Congressman Posey will meet with [...] 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 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 |
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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