Some proponents of the lackluster Obama NASA proposal continue to criticize the growing number of experienced engineers and scientists, former astronauts (including Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan, and Jim Lovell among many), politicians, journalists, and former administrators who speak out against the cancellation of Constellation. The rationale? These people are voices of the past [...]
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Time Magazine’s article, Obama Explains NASA Policy, Faces Space-Industry Critics is an interesting summary of the challenges facing the Obama Administration as it attempts clean-up the political and policy mess that is its “new” vision for NASA and America’s human space flight program. AmericaSpace Notes: The President’s statement that we’ve already been to the Moon is…well, [...] 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 [...] NASA Deputy Lori Garver In interesting quote in the Wall Street Journal’s Andy Pasztor’s article, Feud Over NASA Threatens America’s Edge in Space, “One of the first things Ms. Garver said she did was to ‘look under the hood’ of the Constellation program. She didn’t like what she found. The program was years behind schedule and [...] In a very well-written article for The New Atlantis, Robert Zubrin (President of the Mars Society) expresses his concerns that we are Going Nowhere in human space exploration with the path put forth by the President’s proposed NASA budget. We at AmericaSpace consider the article a good read for anyone unfamiliar with the President’s [...] Ars Technica’s Leandro Oliva has a really good interview with former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin in, Goodnight Moon: Michael Griffin on the future of NASA. We are big fans of Mike Griffin. One of us has even worked through a review in Constellation with Mike. And through that experience, the opinion here is that Mike Griffin [...] 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 [...] Hearing Part 1 The Hearing for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. AmericaSpace Note: We’ll be posting hearing video after its over. AmericaSpace Note 2: We decided to use the hearing recess to upload the first part of the hearing. This is a large file. AmericaSpace Note 3: All three hearing parts have [...] A good synopsis of the sentiment of attendees of the Annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, as reported by Space.com’s Clara Moskowitz in, NASA Needs a Clear Destination for Space Exploration, Experts Say. Though panelists couldn’t agree on the exact destination NASA should seek, the vast majority agreed that not only was a destination needed, but a [...] 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 |
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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