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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 [...] Ares I–We Have Lift-off! The old saying goes, there are numbers, damned numbers, and statistics. During today’s hearing before the House Science & Technology Committee hearing, that maxim played-out when, under questioning from Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Doug Cooke affirmed that the marginal cost of an Ares [...] Perhaps the most interesting comment in last week’s Senate Science Committee on Assessing Commercial Space Capabilities came when Chairman Senator Bill Nelson asked Malcolm Peterson, former NASA Comptroller whether the $6 billion that the Administration has suggested as funding to help commercial launchers human-rate their launchers could be used to accelerate development of [...] 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 [...] NASA and the White House just announced the following awards for Space Pioneers: Blue Origin will receive $3.7 million This money should help some not only stay in business but create some [...] |
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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