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Tuesday’s CSExtra finds new tension in the Washington debate over NASA’s future, as the House Science and Technology Committee defends its opposition to the Administration’s 2011 space agency budget proposal. In Kazakhstan, Russia prepares for the launching early Wednesday of a Progress supply capsule to the International Space Station. The exacting process of assembling the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters, and more.
1. From Spacepolitics.com and NASAWatch.com: U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon, Chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, responds to an Aug. 31 letter from Nobel prize winners and former astronauts urging the House to support President Obama’s space policy proposals, as outlined in NASA’s 2011 budget.. Gordon says the White House program is financially unsustainable, placing NASA back in the position it was in with the Constellation Program, which President Obama wishes to cancel. The laureates were especially supportive of new investments in technology development, commercial space transportation and robotic missions. Spacepolitics.com includes links to the initial letter and Gordon’s Sept. 3 response to Scott Hubbard, the Stanford University professor who was among those that signed the initial letter.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/
A. From The Hill: NASA was given more mission, than money, according to Bart Gordon, Chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, in response to an Aug. 31 letter from Nobel laureates and former astronauts. “Gordon said the Administration has failed to address the Committee’s concerns about the cost and structure of Obama’s plans for the human space flight program, despite requesting clarifications for months. He said the administration’s silence on the issue is evidence of the unrealistic nature of the president’s plans,” The Hill reports.
2. From Spaceflightnow.com: Russia’s latest Progress supply capsule is scheduled to lift off for the International Space Station on Wednesday at 7:11 a.m., EDT.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100906prog39p/
3. From Florida Today: Assembling the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters is slow steady work. Florida Today looks at the process for the twin boosters assigned to NASA’s final scheduled space shuttle mission.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100907/NEWS02/9070322/Booster-equipment-takes-hours-to-go-inches
4. From Universe Today: The Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of a spiral, pre-planetary nebula around a young star.
http://www.universetoday.com/73034/hubble-spies-an-amazing-cosmic-spiral/#more-73034
5. From Discovery.com: Intelligent alien civilizations will have an increasingly more difficult time eavesdropping on the Earth, as more and more of our communications go digital, rely on fiber optics and cables for transmission.
http://news.discovery.com/space/are-aliens-eavesdropping-on-us-not-likely.html
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