NRC Decadal Surveys Busy During August
Most of Washington may be on vacation this month, but two of the National Research Council (NRC) decadal survey committees are busily working away. Six of the seven panels of …
Obama Orders Review of Export Controls
President Obama has ordered a review of U.S. export control policy. In a press statement on Thursday, August 13, the White House announced that the President has directed that the …
Tomorrow's FRR To Determine if Shuttle Discovery is Ready to Fly
NASA will conduct a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) tomorrow, August 18, to determine if the space shuttle Discovery is ready for its STS-128 mission. NASA is continuing to assess whether …
Augustine Panel: No Good News On Matching Budget, Exploration Program
The Augustine panel had no encouraging words for supporters of the Constellation program or any of the other concepts for sending humans beyond low Earth orbit. New York Times, NASA …
NRC Releases Interim Report on Near Earth Objects (NEOs)
AIA Symposium on What's Next for the International Space Station: August 13, 10-11 am, 2318 Rayburn
The Aerospace Industries Association is sponsoring a one-hour symposium on What’s Next for the International Space Station from 10:00-11:00 am on August 13, 2009 in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. …
CJS Appropriations May Be Taken Up by the Senate Early In September; DOD May Have to Wait
Congress Daily (subscription required) reports that the Senate is likely to focus on appropriations bills when it returns from its August recess on September 8 since health care legislation is …
NRC Calls for Reinstatement of NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts
The National Research Council’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) has released a study calling for reinstatement of NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). Established in 1998 to provide grants …
SpacePolicyOnline.com Summary of the August 5 Meeting of the Augustine Committee Now Available
A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the August 5, 2009 meeting of the Augustine committee that is deliberating the options for the human space flight program is now available. Look on our …
House and Senate Cut Plutonium Production Funding, Imperiling NASA Space Science Mission Plans
The House and Senate have cut the funding requested by the Department of Energy (DOE) to restart production of plutonium-238 (Pu-238) that is needed to power some NASA space science …