House Provides New Budget Details Underpinning NASA Exploration Plans
The House Appropriations Committee this week produced new details of the proposed budget Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of the 2011 fiscal year, including $18.485 billion for NASA, just over $500 million less than...Senate Appropriators Press NASA Chief on Exploration Plans
Senate appropriators sparred with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday over the agency’s commitment to the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the bi-partisan Congressional blue print agreed to by President Obama that aims for a new heavy lift rocket and crew...NASA Closing on Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Strategy
NASA is looking to late June to unveil of a comprehensive plan to transition from the space shuttle and Constellation programs to a new deep space exploration strategy fashioned around the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the agency’s top exploration official...Book Review: Blogging the Moon – The Once & Future Moon Collection
Blogging the Moon: The Once & Future Moon Collection by Paul D. Spudis; Apogee Prime; Burlington Ontario Canada; $27.95 (soft cover); 2011. Moonologist Paul Spudis is a leading and top-notch lunar explorer. This book is testament to his seminal research and...NASA Facing Flat Budgets, Just Enough to Initiate an Ambitious Exploration Agenda
President Obama’s proposed budget for 2012 locks NASA spending at $18.72 billion, or 2010 levels for the next five years, while at the same time initiating a delayed transition away from the previous administration’s Constellation program with plans...President to Unveil 2012 Budget on Monday, House Urges Major 2011 NASA Cuts
NASA’s budget outlook — along with that of most federal agencies — is in new flux. And the search for clarity and consequences is not for the impatient. On Monday, President Obama will unveil the administration’s proposed budget for 2012,...NASA IG briefs House Appropriators on Space Agency’s Top Concerns
NASA Inspector General Paul Martin underscored the urgency of addressing the uncertainty over the agency’s human spaceflight program in testimony presented Thursday to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science. The Appropriations...NASA, Congress Clash Over Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Funding, Timing
NASA began the New Year with a stir last week, when it furnished Congress with a legislatively required blueprint for a Space Launch System, a new heavy lift rocket, and a Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle — essentially a combination of rocket launcher and capsule...Safety Panel Urges U. S. Policy Makers to Settle on NASA’s Future Course
The White House, Congress and NASA must work quickly to resolve the space agency’s future exploration and transportation strategies, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel concludes in the committee’s latest annual report. The Congressionally-chartered panel...Space Talk
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