Monday’s CSExtra offers new reporting and commentary on the Obama Administration’s forthcoming space policy and NASA future. Purdue University’s reputation as a “cradle for astronauts” is in peril as the shuttle program retires without clear successor. A NASA spacecraft circling the moon looks back at the Earth.
1. From the Wall Street Journal: A look at the Obama Administration’s new space policy, which could be presented as soon as this week. As others have reported, the Journal sees themes of increased international cooperation and policies to help the U.S. commercial space sector become more competitive. These new politics may include cooperation in the GPS navigation system.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704212804575332420948502224.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
A. From Spacepolicyonline.com: A look at Congressional hearings and other events affecting space policy scheduled for this week, including presentation of a new national space policy.
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=999:events-of-interest-week-of-june-28-july-2-2010&catid=67:news&Itemid=27
2. From the Air and Space Museum Magazine: Commentary from Paul Spudis, a planetary scientist, on the on-going debate over NASA’s future. He finds the nation in danger of losing its space faring status. The moon, which is not a focus of the Obama Administration’s space policy, was to serve as a learning lab and represented just the first destination in humanity’s trek through the solar system, he writes.
http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/2010/06/26/malice-mischief-and-misconceptions/
3. From the Indianapolis Star: Purdue University has produced 22 astronauts and many engineers for the nation’s space program, including Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong. The “cradle of astronauts,” however is in danger of losing that status as NASA retires the space shuttle without a decision on a successor.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100625/LOCAL/6250335/1013/NEWS/Purdue-careers-on-line-with-shuttle-s-end
4. From Florida Today: Space Florida, the economic development group, will invest $500,000 in the prototype for a new energy efficient car. If the car develops a following, production of the Avera Motors sports car could provide jobs for displaced NASA workers.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106280304
5. From Florida Today: Columnist John Kelly writes that it may be time for an X-Prize of NASA Centennial Challenges-style competition to find a technique to cap the Gulf oil leak.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106270333
6. From the Biloxi Sun-Herald of Mississippi: Roy Estes, a 37 year NASA veteran who spent 25 years at the Stennis Space Center, has died. He was 71.
http://www.sunherald.com/2010/06/26/2290809/former-stennis-director-estess.html
7. From Space.com: The Earth as seen from the moon in a revealing image produced with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/earth-photographed-from-moon-100627.html
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