Apr 16, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA
Source: USA Today President Obama took on critics of his space exploration plans Thursday, vowing that his proposals will allow the nation to “reach space faster and more often.” The president said his space program would allow astronauts to visit an...
Apr 16, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama on Thursday stuck to his controversial plan to outsource core parts of NASA’s mission to private industry, telling a growing chorus of critics it will help “ensure our leadership in space is even...
Apr 16, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The New York Times Pointing to Mars and asteroids as destinations, President Obama on Thursday forcefully countered criticisms that he was trying to end the nation’s human spaceflight program. This was the first time that the president had lent his personal...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: USA Today President Obama’s plans for NASA could be “devastating” to the U.S. space program and “destines our nation to become one of second- or even third-rate stature,” three legendary astronauts said in a letter Tuesday. Neil...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, Our Solar System
Source: The Houston Chronicle Since his election as President, Barack Obama has barely mentioned NASA publicly. His most lengthy references came at the National Academies a year ago (see speech). But as some commentators noticed, he championed science during that...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Orlando Sentinel When President Barack Obama speaks at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, he’ll offer its 15,000 workers something that’s been in short supply lately: hope, or at least a chance that their future won’t be as dire as...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Associated Press Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA’s long-ago glory days don’t like it. New rockets to the moon have been canceled. And the space...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Wall Street Journal After dominating space for a half century, the U.S. is mired in a political fight that threatens its leadership role and ambitions for manned exploration. President Barack Obama travels Thursday to the Kennedy Space Center to try to...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Washington Times Obama space summit just the latest faux job creator When President Obama arrives in Florida today for his space summit, he will bring considerable baggage with him. When running in the primaries to be the Democratic nominee, he promised to...
Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space Race
While the need for clarity swirls around U.S. President Obama’s plans for human spaceflight and NASA, China is pressing forward on its long march to gain a foothold in Earth orbit. Wang Wenbao, director of the Chinese Manned Space Engineering Office, outlined future...