CSExtra – Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Wednesday’s CSExtra finds organized Congressional support for sustaining NASA’s Constellation Program as well as support favoring changes in space policy proposed by President Obama. Also, a growing likelihood that the Administration’s 2011 budget...

CSExtra – Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Tuesday’s CSExtra features new reporting and commentary on U.S. space policy, NASA’s future and some of the people shaping both. Also, the sun is not the same old sun. 1. From Florida Today: Any compromise among legislators and policy makers over...

CSExtra – Monday, June 21, 2010

Monday’s CSExtra features reports and commentary on U.S. space policy and NASA’s future. Doubts about President Obama’s 2025 asteroid vision. A former Mercury astronaut urges NASA to keep flying the shuttle. Japan makes strides in space, though faced...

CSExtra – Sunday, June 20, 2010

Sunday’s CSExtra finds NASA Administrator Charles Bolden facing a conflict of interest challenge over Project OMEGA, an ocean-grown biofuel initiative led by the Ames Research Center. Meanwhile, NASA’s former administrator Mike Griffin speaks out on...

CSExtra – Saturday, June 19, 2010

Saturday’s CSExtra finds a change to the proposed 2011 budget that would shift money from NASA to assist the Florida with economic development as the shuttle retires. In Huntsville, Constellation Program related lay offs are in the works. This weekend,...

CSExtra – Friday, June 18, 2010

Friday’s CSExtra finds more reporting and commentary on NASA’s future path. The agency fails to meet a deadline this week imposed by the House Science and Technology Committee for records used in establishing NASA’s 2011 budget request, which...

CSExtra – Thursday, June 17, 2010

Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on the future of U.S. space policy. British Petroleum agrees to establish an escrow fund for the Gulf oil spill that rivals NASA’s annual budget. 1. From Space News: Work at NASA on a heavy lift...

CSExtra – Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Wednesday’s CSExtra finds one Florida newspaper calling for an end to the stalemate between Congress and the White House over the future of NASA’s human space exploration program. Plus additional reports and commentary on the policy debate from other...

CSExtra – Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tuesday’s CSExtra finds reports of a Senate inspired plan for compromise on NASA’s human exploration strategy that would accelerate work on a heavy lift rocket, while pursuing a cautious pace on commercial crew launch services. Scientists recover...

CSExtra – Monday, June 14, 2010

Monday’s CSExtra produced these headlines: In Australia, scientists scramble to find Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe that descended into the outback on Sunday after a long and troubled journey to an asteroid. The latest edition of This Week in Space examines...