DODBuzz.com reports that General Bruce Carlson (Air Force, retired) is likely to be named as the new director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which builds and operates the nation’s spy satellites. He would replace Scott Large, who resigned in January. Carlson is the former commander of Air Force Materiel Command.
Next week (June 1-5, 2009) no space-related congressional hearings have been publicly announced as of yet. The Write Stuff blog reports that Senator Nelson is trying to expedite the nomination process for Charlie Bolden and Lori Garver, however, so a nomination hearing could be scheduled at any time after the nomination is formally submitted to …
Aerospace Daily reports that the members of the Augustine panel to assess options for NASA’s human space flight program will be named imminently. According to the report, Mr. Augustine wants members who are open-minded. While the charter to the group from the White House Office of Science and Technology is fairly clear, not all members …
The long-awaited expansion of the permanent crew size of the International Space Station (ISS) to six is about to become a reality. The result should be a substantial increase in the amount of scientific research that can be conducted aboard the orbiting complex. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft was launched this morning from the Baikonur launch …
The long-awaited expansion of the permanent crew size of the International Space Station (ISS) to six is about to become a reality. The result should be a substantial increase in the amount of scientific research that can be conducted aboard the orbiting complex. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft was launched this morning from the Baikonur launch …
President Obama has finally announced officially that Charlie Bolden is being nominated to serve as the next NASA Administrator. Lori Garver is being nominated as his deputy. Both posts require Senate confirmation. Maj. Gen. Bolden (USMC, Ret.) and Ms. Garver, who served as head of the Obama transition team for NASA, long had been rumored …
George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute will hold a day-long symposium on Aligning Policies and Budgets on June 2, 2009. The event is free, but an RSVP is required at http://www.gwu.edu/~spi/. Keynoters include Acting NASA Administrator Christopher Scolese; NOAA Administrator Janet Lubchenco (invited); Gen. James Cartwright, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Alden Munson, Deputy …
President Obama wasted no time signing into law the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (S. 454). Less than 24 hours after the bill received final approval in Congress, the President signed the measure on May 22, 2009 at a ceremony in the Rose Garden. Read the President’s remarks. See our previous stories on …
Space Acquisitions: Challenges in Commercializing Technologies Developed Under the Small Business Innovation Research Program. GAO-11-21. November 2010. (41 pages) Global Positioning System: Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist. GAO-10-636, September 2010. (68 pages) Space Acquisitions: DOD Poised to Enhance Space Capabilities, but Persistent Challenges Remain in Developing Space Systems, Testimony by Cristina Chaplain, director, …
Thanks to Brendan Curry of the Space Foundation for the following info about the space exhibit at the new Capitol Visitor Center on Capitol Hill. Perhaps a place to visit this Memorial Day weekend! “The new Capitol Visitors Center is a museum about Congress and what its duties are etc. One large marble exhibit touts …