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Thursday’s CSExtra features the latest in reporting and commentary in the debate over U.S. space policy. A long time space policy analyst suggests its time to replace the Apollo paradigm that dominates U.S. space development. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, workers receive assurances that work on commercial space transportation systems can begin quickly. A Russian supply capsule heads for the International Space Station.
1. From Space News: In an op-ed, John Logsdon, founder of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University and the author of a forthcoming book on John Kennedy and the Cold War race to the moon, says it’s time to move on from the paradigm that has dominated the U.S. space program since Apollo. He endorses the Obama initiative to invest in new technology. But Logsdon says the administration has done a poor job of explaining its actions and displaying leadership.
http://www.spacenews.com/commentaries/100630-blog-end-apollo-era-finally.html
A. From the Wall Street Journal: A look at Tuesday’s vote in the House appropriations subcommittee that stalls NASA’s human exploration program until the House Science and Technology Committee can work out a compromise between those who support and oppose the White House space initiative that cancels NASA’s Constellation program.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338754049425526.html?KEYWORDS=NASA
B. From Florida Today: Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana addresses workers on Wednesday. Noting transition is difficult; he says NASA could have contracts in place to foster commercial space transportation services by next summer. Private space taxis could be delivering astronauts to the space station by 2014/2015, he says.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100701/NEWS02/7010311/1086/KSC+chief+says+center+s+future+is+bright
C. From The Hill: U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, an Alabama Republican, worries President Obama’s space policy will jeopardize America’s leadership in human space exploration.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/106435-the-presidents-space-policy-will-compromise-american-jobs-and-american-world-leadership-rep-robert-aderholt
D. From eweek.com: The White House and an influential group in Congress are at loggerheads over NASA’s future. The Administration has outlined the direction it favors, Congress hasn’t.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/NASA-Space-Flight-Funding-Plan-Embroils-Congress-Obama-Administration-503112/
E. From Launchspace.com: In an editorial, the website takes Congress to task for a lack of leadership on space policy and becoming bogged down on the job loss issue associated with the retirement of the space shuttle. Other countries are advancing. Space exploration is more than a jobs program, the website writes. See Grappling with Space Jobs, June 28 under editorials.
http://www.launchspace.com/editorials.html
2. From Spaceflightnow.com: A Russian Progress cargo capsules launches Wednesday from Kazakhstan and heads for a docking with the International Space Station on Friday.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100630progress38p/
3. From CNN.com: NASA works on technologies that could predict Earthquakes.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/06/30/nasa.earthquakes/index.html?iref=allsearch
4. From Space.com: NASA engineers look into a possible problem with the pointing system aboard Dawn, a spacecraft headed to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/missionlaunches/nasa-tackles-problem-asteroid-probe-100630.html
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