Visiting Queens? Check Out "Rocket Park Mini-Golf"
NPR’s Science Friday highlights the Rocket Park Mini-Golf course at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. It isn’t just fun, but teaches the mini-golfers about the space program. …
Aerospace Companies Forced to Sell Subsidiaries To Comply With New Acquisition Law?
Colin Clark reports in DODBuzz that some aerospace companies are being forced to sell subsidiaries in order to comply with the recently enacted Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act. Clark quotes …
Augustine Update: Sept. 4, 2009
The official website for the Augustine committee has posted an update saying that a “Summary Report” will be transmitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) …
Euroconsult Projects $1 Billion in Earth Observation Data Sales in 2009 Rising to $3.9 Billion by 2018
The European research and analysis firm Euroconsult has released a new report projecting $1 billion in annual data sales for earth observation satellites in 2009, “a figure expected to nearly …
House S&T Hearing On Augustine Report Set for September 15
The House Science and Technology Committee has scheduled a hearing on “Options and Issues for NASA’s Human Space Flight Program: Report of the ‘Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans’ …
NASA and ATK Confirm September 10 as New Date for Ares Test
NASA and ATK announced today that the rescheduled test of the Ares 1 rocket motor will be conducted on September 10. Space.com reported the story on Wednesday. The test will …
Palapa-D May Be OK After All
Indonesia’s Palapa-D telecommunications satellite has successfully arrived in geostationary transfer orbit despite the underperformance of China’s Long March 3B rocket according to Thales Alenia Space, the satellite’s manufacturer. A press …
Politifact.com Credits Obama With Another Promise Kept: Use the Private Sector to Improve Spaceflight
Politifact.com gives President Obama a “Promise Kept” grade for using the private sector to improve spaceflight. The website — a project of the St. Petersburg Times — is tracking 18 …
Refurbished Hubble Ready to Meet the Public
Results from the freshly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope are about to be put on display along with the STS-125 space shuttle crew that made it all possible. NASA will hold …
Mount Wilson Observatory Situation Improving
UPDATE: 6:30 PM EDT, Wednesday, September 2 According to the Associated Press, Mt. Wilson isn’t out of the woods yet, but the situation is improving. Observatory Director McAlister continues to …