Events of Interest: Week of March 1-5, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more information, check our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses …
House Passes FY2010 Intelligence Authorization Bill
Five months into FY2010, the House finally passed the FY2010 Intelligence Authorization bill (H.R. 2701). It was scheduled for floor action last summer, but pulled from consideration because of a …
NRC Calls for Reinvigoration of NASA's Suborbital Research Program
In 2008, Congress directed NASA to ask the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a review of NASA’s suborbital activities, including balloons, sounding rockets, aircraft, and suborbital reusable rockets. The …
Aaron Cohen Passes Away
Aaron Cohen, 79, who served the space program tirelessly in NASA, academia and the private sector, passed away yesterday according to a press release from NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). …
Brevard County, FL Projects 23,000 Job Losses
The number of jobs that will be lost if Congress goes along with President Obama’s plan to cancel the Constellation program — on top of terminating the space shuttle — …
Burt Rutan Clarifies Position on Proposed Constellation Cancellation
Burt Rutan, the highly respected, outspoken aerospace engineer who designed SpaceShipOne and other innovative aerospace vehicles, wrote a letter to Congressman Frank Wolf (posted on the Congressman’s website) widely interpreted …
Congressman Frank Wolf Releases Correspondence About Impact of Cancelling NASA's Constellation Program
Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA), ranking member of the House Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee, has posted the text of correspondence he had about the President’s proposal to terminate the Constellation program …
House Appropriators Unenthusiastic About NASA's New Plan
Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren was busy testifying on Capitol Hill yesterday about the federal R&D budget, including NASA. In the morning he appeared before the House Science and Technology …
House Passes Extension of Satellite TV Law
Today the House passed H.R. 4691, which includes a one-month extension of the satellite home viewer act along with temporary extensions of several other laws that otherwise will expire on …
Senate Adjourns Without Passing Satellite TV Extension
The Senate adjourned today without passing the bill (H.R. 4691) that would have extended for one more month a number of laws that will expire on Sunday, including satellite television …