What's Happening In Space Policy August 3-31, 2015
It’s summer vacation time so our list of upcoming space policy related events is rather sparse. Therefore we are listing everything we know about for the entire month of August …
Export-Import Bank Will Have to Wait – UPDATE
UPDATE, July 30, 3:50 pm EDT: This afternoon the Senate passed the House’s short-term (three-month) extension of the highway bill, that has no Export-Import Bank reauthorization, sending it to the …
FAA Will Respond to NTSB's SpaceShipTwo Report Within 90 Days
Eight of the 10 recommendations adopted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday about the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) crash were directed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its Office …
Rep. Chaka Fattah Indicted, Steps Down as House CJS Subcommittee Ranking Member
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA and NOAA, stepped down from that position today after being indicted by the Justice Department …
NTSB: Scaled's Failure To Protect Against Human Error Led to Loss of SpaceShipTwo
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted today to adopt its final report on the October 31, 2014 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) accident that killed one of the spaceplane’s two pilots. The …
Senate Adopts Ex-Im Bank Extension, But Fate Still Uncertain – UPDATE
UPDATE, July 28, 2015, 8:10 am EDT: The Aerospace Industries Association issued a press release praising the Senate action and urging the House to follow suit. ORIGINAL POST, July 27, …
NTSB Ready To Vote on Final Report on SpaceShipTwo Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will meet in public session on Tuesday, July 28, to deliberate and vote on its report on the probable cause of the October 31, …
Senate Agrees to Consider Amendment to Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
The Senate took a small, but important, step towards potentially reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank during a rare Sunday session today. The action does not reauthorize the bank, but sets up …
What's Happening in Space Policy July 26-31, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of July 26-31, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. Congress is in session this week. …
Stunning Backlit Photo of Pluto Shows Atmosphere
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft not only took fascinating photos of Pluto as it approached and flew past the dwarf planet 10 days ago, but continued snapping pictures as it raced …