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Wednesday’s CSExtra features the latest reporting on space related activities from around the globe. U. S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urges President Obama to fund the goals of the 2010 NASA Authorization Act. Some House Republicans believe NASA should not be relieved of responsible for climate research. The Senate votes to preserve NASA’s aeronautics research tradition. The conclusions of NASA’s experts play a key part of a federal study into Toyota’s unintended acceleration problems. Russian leaders ponder greater deep space exploration expenditures. Florida Gov. Rick Scott proposes a cut in space development spending. An asteroid passes close to the Earth for the second time in five days.
1. From Spacepolitics.com: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada urges President Obama to place the power of his yet to be unveiled 2012 budget behind the blueprint outlined in the NASA 2010 Authorization Act. The bi-partisan provisions call on NASA to develop a heavy lift rocket and multi-purpose crew vehicle by the end of 2016. The authorization measure also extends operations aboard the International Space Station until at least 2020, while backing a commercial space transportation industry.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/02/08/briefs-letters-amendments-and-agreements/
A. From Space News: It’s time for NASA to focus on human space exploration and assign responsibilities for climate research elsewhere, according to some Republican lawmakers. A call suggesting that climate funding be shifted to exploration was made by lawmakers from states with NASA human space flight installations, Texas, Alabama and Florida and Utah.
http://spacenews.com/policy/110208-house-earth-science-funds-manned-spaceflight.html
2. From Florida Today: On Tuesday, the Senate by a 96-1 vote squelches legislation that would have established a commission to study whether NASA’s traditional aeronautics research and development should be shifted to the FAA.
http://space.flatoday.net/2011/02/senate-keeps-aeronautics-research.html
3. From the New York Times: Experts from NASA clear the electronics and software in the runaway Toyota mystery. The space agency’s NASA Engineering and Safety Center played a key role in a 10-month investigation into the unintended acceleration issue that prompted the Japanese automaker to recall 11 million of its Toyota and Lexus automobiles. The probe was led by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which identified two mechanical culprits, a sticky accelerator and interference from floor mats.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/business/09auto.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=NASA&st=cse
4. From Rianovosti: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ponders a Russian deep space exploration program. “If we do not do this, we will fall behind,” Medvedev tells a gathering of Russia’s young scientists. Medvedev’s comments included concerns that the United States and China are spending more than Russia on exploration.
http://en.rian.ru/science/20110208/162510717.html
5. From Florida Today: State Governor Rick Scott recommends a $21 million cut in the 2011-12 budget for Space Florida, the organization responsible for bringing commercial space activities to the state. Scott proposes funding of $10 million. However, Scott’s strategy includes an incentive pool that could allow Space Florida to recoup funding for projects representing the “best investment,” according to one lawmaker.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110209/NEWS02/102090328/Under+Scott+s+proposal++Space+Florida+funds+take++21M+hit
6. From Space.com: For the second time in five days, an asteroid will pass close to the Earth. The asteroid 2011 CA7, about the size of an automobile, will fly within 64,300 miles on Wednesday.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/10800-car-size-asteroid-passing-earth.html
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