NASA has announced the dates of not only the first meeting (June 17) of the Augustine panel on options for NASA’s human space flight program, but for other meetings throughout its three-month term. In addition to June 17 in Washington D.C., other public meetings are scheduled for July 28 in Huntsville, July 30 in Cape …
No changes were made to the NASA budget today during full committee markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill for FY2010. The budget for the Constellation program remains at $3.2 billion, or $700 million below the $3.9 billion requested by the Obama Administration. CJS subcommittee chairman Alan Mollohan (D-WV) said that he expects …
The full House Appropriations Committee will markup the bill that includes NASA’s FY2010 funding (the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill) at 11:00 am today, June 9, in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building. According to the committee’s website, the markup will be webcast. This is a crucial step for NASA’s budget and the Constellation program. Last …
Dwayne Day has written an excellent summary for The Space Review of last week’s symposium “Aligning Policies and Budgets,” sponsored by George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute: “Space policy 101: Civil Space 2009.” I was pleased to be invited to be a member of one of the panels. My Powerpoint presentation is available here. Three …
Our listing of events includes two markups this week. Wonder what a markup is? Check out our new fact sheet, “What’s a Markup?: Answers to That and Other Legislative Mysteries” on the left menu of our home page under “Fact Sheets and Reports.” Or just View it now.
NASA has set up a website for the Augustine panel that is assessing options for NASA’s future human space flight program — officially the Review of Human Space Flight Plans Committee. Not only does it provide information about the committee’s activities, but it is a place where the public can connect with the committee and …
The following events that may be of interest have been announced for next week. This article is updated to add the June 9 House Appropriations Committee full committee markup of the CJS bill (which includes NASA, NOAA and NSF) since it is now on the Congress Daily (subscription required) calendar. Note: dates, times and witnesses …
Rep. Alan Mollohan, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science (including NASA), released a statement that the subcommittee approved $18.2 billion for NASA for FY2010. While the statement says that it is an increase of $421 million over last year’s level, it is a cut of $486 million from the President’s request …
SpacePolicyOnline.com has a new fact sheet available. It tracks NASA’s FY2010 budget request as it moves through Congress. Click on “Our Fact Sheets and Reports” under “Civil” on the top menu. This first version shows the action by the House Appropriations CJS subcommittee earlier today.
The public memorial service for Eilene M. Galloway will be held this Saturday,June 6, from 10:00-12:00 at the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Directions and parking information are available here. Please note that traffic may be difficult because of construction on two of the bridges connecting Virginia and Washington (14th Street Bridge …