Britain to Create New Space Agency
Britain will create a new space agency, according to the BBC. Britian is a member of the European Space Agency, but the British government has had an on and off …
House Passes Omnibus Appropriations; DOD Bill Still In Negotiations
The House passed the Consolidated Appropriations bill (H.R. 3288) yesterday that includes the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that funds NASA, NSF and NOAA. Details about the bill are posted on the …
Appropriators Reach Agreement on CJS Bill
Congressional appropriators have reached agreement on an omnibus appropriations package that includes the Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill, which funds NASA, NOAA, and NSF. Details are available on the House Appropriations …
Economic and Societal Benefits of Peace in Space: Today and Tomorrow
Economic and Societal Benefits of Peace in Space: Today and Tomorrow, by Corinne Contant and Marcia Smith, is a paper presented to the 4th Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical …
Bolden Calls for Changing the Mindset About NASA
Invoking the heartwarming — and heartbreaking — story of Nkosi Johnson, a South African boy who was infected with AIDS at birth and died at 12 after traveling the world …
NRC Offers Metrics for Managing NASA's R&A Budget
The National Research Council (NRC)’s new report on “mission-enabling” activities — or Research and Analysis ( R&A) — offers principles and metrics for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) to use …
UPDATE: SpaceShipTwo Rolls Out
Update The Wall Street Journal has an interesting and not entirely flattering take on the SpaceShipTwo story. Original Story Virgin Galactic rolled out its SpaceShipTwo last night. Heralding it as …
Spirit Still Stuck, But JPL Keeps Trying
NASA’s Mars Rover, Spirit, is still stuck on Mars after two weeks of attempts by experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to get it moving. In an interview on …
Summary of House Hearing on Independent Audit of NASA Now Available on SpacePolicyOnline.com
A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the December 3, 2009 hearing before two subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee is now available. Look on our left menu under “Our Hearing …
Events of Interest: Week of December 7-11, 2009
The following events may be of interest next week. For further information, see our calendar on the right menu or click on the links provided below. Note that congressional hearings …