UPDATE: Read the entire letter from Senator Mikulski to Senator Nelson here. ORIGINAL STORY: In a letter to Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), chair of the Senate …
Add the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to those disagreeing with the President’s new plan for NASA. In a February 4 letter to President Obama available on …
The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) is scheduled to hold its next meeting tomorrow and Friday and NASA has now posted the full agenda for the meeting and the names of …
UPDATE 2: Highlights of the conversation: The President said that his commitment to NASA is “unwavering” and that he was excited about spending more research dollars on transformational technologies to …
Many op-ed pieces have been written in favor of or against NASA’s new plan. The White House and NASA have chosen to respond to the one written by Washington Post …
The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) is accepting abstracts until March 5, 2010 for papers to be presented at its annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. The …
A seminar on “Enhancing Space Security: Expert Recommendations” is scheduled for February 23, 2010 from 3:00-4:30 pm in Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation (SWF), speakers include SWF’s …
The House Science and Technology Committee has rescheduled the hearing with Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren that was postponed last week by the snowstorms in Washington. The new date is …
As reported earlier, cold weather in Florida has delayed processing of the Discovery orbiter for the STS-131 mission. NASA announced today that the launch date will slip from March 18 …
Politifact has updated some of its ratings on whether President Obama is living up to his campaign promises about the space program. Of the 19 space program-related campaign promises it …