Space Policy Events for the Week of October 6-11, 2013 – UPDATE
UPDATE, October 7, 2013: The NRC’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board meeting on Oct. 10-11 has been added, along with a note about the Hosted Payload Summit, which apparently is …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Five – Good News for DOD Civilian Employees
While there was no progress today in resolving the issues that led to the government shutdown, federal employees and defense contractors got a little bit of good news. A large portion …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Four
As the world celebrates the 56th anniversary of the Space Age, no progress was made in Washington today to help the U.S. space program move forward. On October 4, 1957, …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Three — High Drama of a Different Kind
As if a government shutdown and looming debt crisis weren’t enough, Washington had a dose of a very different kind of high drama today as a woman took Secret Service and …
MAVEN Given Emergency Exception to Proceed Despite Shutdown
With its launch coming up in just a few weeks, NASA’s MAVEN program is at the top of the list of NASA concerns in the government shutdown. MAVEN Principal Investigator …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day Two
No signs of compromise emerged today in the showdown over FY2014 government funding. The government remains in partial shutdown status, with only the military and excepted activities continuing. A meeting …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Latest Stats on Furloughed Federal Workers
Government Executive published an update this morning on the number of federal employees who have been furloughed as a result of the shutdown. It shows that 98 percent of NASA workers …
Government Shutdown FY2014: Day One
Today, NASA celebrated its 55th birthday. But it also was the first day of the government shutdown for FY2014 and more than 90 percent of NASA’s workers were furloughed. House …
Clock Ticks Down to Zero, Question Now is How Long Is Government Shut Down? – UPDATE
UPDATE, OCTOBER 1, 12:01 am EDT: the White House Office of Management and Budget has issued the government shutdown order. A link is provided at the end of this article. …
Obama: NASA Will Almost Completely Shut Down, Except Mission Control
In a press conference just seven hours before the midnight deadline for Congress to pass a funding bill or cause a partial government shutdown, President Obama listed NASA as one …