Events of Interest: Week of February 13-18, 2012
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. Click on the links below or on our right menu, or check our full calendar also on the right …
Attempt at High-Altitude Commercial ""Spaceflight"" Jump Resumes
After being halted by a multi-million dollar lawsuit last year (see our story), daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s attempt to be the first human to break the speed of sound in freefall …
Aviation Week: NASA To Request $17.7 Billion for FY2013
Officially, details about a President’s budget request are not supposed to be released by agencies prior to the White House giving the OK. Except for the Department of Defense and …
Looking for Something to Read This Weekend?
It’ll be a cold weekend — in Washington, at least. If you plan to curl up in front of the fireplace and read a good book, forget the novels! Here are …
Reports: Planetary Science to Take Hit in New Budget
Rumors ahead of the release of the FY2013 budget request paint a gloomy picture for NASA’s planetary science program. The Washington Post reports today that the budget request will drop …
LightSquared Gets Pounded Again at Another Congressional Hearing
Potential interference between LightSquared’s satellite-terrestrial mobile broadband system and GPS was the subject of yet another congressional hearing today. Numerous hearings were held last year in a variety of House …
AIA: U.S. Lost Thousands of Jobs, Billions of Dollars Because of Export Law
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released a new report and several fact sheets today about the negative impact of U.S. export controls on that industry. AIA concludes that changes made …
Events of Interest: Week of February 6-11, 2012-UPDATE
UPDATE: NASA’s Commercial Crew Forum on Tuesday has been added. The following events may be of interest in the coming week. The House and Senate both will be in session …
New Study Contradicts Controversial Arsenic Finding
Last week, one of the main critics of a NASA-funded study that claimed the discovery of a life-form that could thrive on arsenic, announced results that contradict the original conclusions, …
FAA Reauthorization Nears Passage–UPDATE
UPDATE: The Senate passed the bill on Monday as expected. ORIGINAL STORY: The House passed a compromise version of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill (H.R. 658) on Friday …