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Friday’s CSExtra features the latest reporting and commentary on the legislative debate over NASA’s future. SpaceX founder Elon Musk rallies opponents to the House version of a NASA authorization bill. In Florida, the director of the Kennedy Space Center sees a bright future for the agency, but rough times first as the shuttle program ends and jobs disappear.
1. From Space News: Commercial space advocates work behind the scenes to prevent the full House from considering an authorization bill on Thursday. The measure is unlikely to come up before the full House on Friday, the last opportunity before a long recess. The House measure attempts to preserve much of NASA’s Constellation program.
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/10072-rally-stall-nasa-authorization-bill.html
A. From MSNBC: The supporters of commercial space transportation rally against the House version of a NASA authorization bill that would greatly restrict funding for their enterprises. Instead, they urge support for the Senate version of a NASA authorization bill which includes more money for commercial space but not as much as the White House Plan unveiled in February.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/29/4779210-showdown-over-space-policy
B. From spacepolitics.com: Two groups join SpaceX founder Elon Musk in urging the House to wait on consideration of a NASA authorization bill. The two groups that joined SpaceX in urging the House to wait are; the Planetary Society, who opposed a rushed floor debate, and the Direct Team, a group that backs a space shuttle derived heavy lift rocket.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/07/29/more-speak-out-about-nasa-authorization-bill/
C. From Spacepolitics.com: The House version of the NASA authorization bill is unlikely to come before the full House on Friday. Also a look at the meeting between Florida Today’s editorial board and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who believes the House measure sends money to Russia that should be spent developing commercial space companies in the United States.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/07/30/hr-5781-schedule-and-supporting-the-home-team/
D. From Florida Today: SpaceX founder Elon Musk tells Florida Today’s editorial board that jobs are at stake under the House version of a NASA authorization bill.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100730/NEWS02/7300318/Musk-Support-US-space-builders
E. From Spacepolicyonline.com: A funny and delightful interview of Elon Musk by comedian Stephen Colbert.
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/
2. From the Orlando Sentinel: In a speech Thursday to community leaders, the director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Robert Cabana, points to a bright future but near term trauma as many lose their jobs as the shuttle retires without a certain successor.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-ksc-future-20100729,0,684231.story
A. From Florida Today: “None of this is for the faint of heart,” Kennedy Space Center director Robert Cabana tells his audience of community leaders.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100730/NEWS02/7300317/1086/KSC+chief+anticipates+comeback
3. From the Houston Chronicle: NASA loses a young engineer, who became disenchanted with the space program when she learned of radiation experiments using monkeys. Two organizations, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Animal Defenders International urge her to tell her story.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7131351.html
4. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: Environmentalists turn to citizen scientists and social networking to encourage better stewardship of the Earth.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/education/call-for-citizen-scientists-digital-earth-watch
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