Sunday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future.
1. From Spacepolitics.com: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hints that astronauts could circle the moon as part of a NASA test flight in the early 2020s. Bolden raises the prospect in remarks late Friday to the International Space Development Conference in Chicago.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/29/is-a-circumlunar-mission-in-nasas-plans/
A. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is interrupted by an animal rights protester as he begins to speak at the ISDC. The protester demands NASA curtail radiation testing with primates. As the woman was escorted away, Bolden defended her right to speak her mind. http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/29/shame-on-you-charles-bolden/
2. From Spaceflightnow.com and This Week In Space with Miles O’Brien: This week’s program reports on the final flight of the shuttle Atlantis and examines the on-going debate over NASA’s future, including the testimony by Neil Armstrong before the House Science and Technology Committee last week. As he did before the Senate, Armstrong warns that President Obama’s policies could jeopardize U.S. leadership. SpaceX founder Elon Musk offers comment supporting the White House strategy.
http://spaceflightnow.com/twis
3. From Space News and VentureBeat: SpaceX founder Elon Musk tells a California divorce court that he is out of cash and has borrowed money from friends to pay expenses. The SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is tentatively scheduled for an inaugural launch this Friday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., EDT.
http://www.spacenews.com/commentaries/100528-fromwires-musk-out-cash.html
A. From the Technology Review: Bigelow Aerospace outlines its need for commercial transportation for the industrial and sovereign customers it expects to draw to its orbiting inflatable modules.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25255/
4. From NASA Watch: NASA ranks 604th out of the top 1,000 most often visited web sites around the world. Google does the ranking. If NASA could advertise, it could compete for the $6.3 billion spent on website advertising in 2009, according to NASA Watch.
http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/05/google-releases.html
5. From the Houston Chronicle: A Houston area aerospace worker is jailed in connection with the theft of a space flight suit issued to Sally Ride. NASA’s Inspector General investigates.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7027439.html
6. From the AP via the Huntsville Times, Washington Post and others: At the World Science Festival in New York City, some string theorists suggest that we may be part of a 3-D halo graphic projection. These scientists would like to see a revival of excitement about science.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-44/1275159914117960.xml&storylist=technology
7. From Florida Today: A report on the missing moon rocks. After the first and last Apollo moon landings, the Nixon Administration offered lunar mementos to the heads of more than 100 countries and representatives of the 50 states. Many have gone missing. Others have reported this story as well.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100530/NEWS02/5300331/Lost-moon-rocks-spark-a-mystery
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