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Opinion: Going In Circles Again: America Will Abandon Human Lunar Exploration - And Much More

27 Jan 2010 21:29:28 PST

Written by Keith Cowing
Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News "Instead of blasting off to the moon, NASA's hopes for a manned mission there have been blasted to pieces, sources in the White House, Congress and NASA tell the Orlando Sentinel."... Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News

Original story at NASA Watch .

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14 Jan 2010 19:39:50 PST

Written by JR(jonjayray@gmail.com)
In a new report, computer expert E. Michael Smith and Certified Consulting Meteorologist Joseph D'Aleo discovered extensive manipulation of the temperature data by the U.S. Government's two primary climate centers: the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) in Ashville, North Carolina...

Original story at antigreen (Blogspot) .

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Opinion: YEARENDER: NASA remembers storied past, but looks to uncertain future - Earthtimes

20 Dec 2009 21:06:48 PST

YEARENDER: NASA remembers storied past, but looks to uncertain future Earthtimes (press release) But even as NASA announced unprecedented findings from scientific missions to the moon and Mars, the Obama administration conducted a review of its ... World's top super projects (2)Tempo

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Opinion: Mars probe's latest trouble: Titanium parts

17 Dec 2009 14:38:01 PST

Space News The good news comes from a November "Readiness to Proceed" review of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) that took a hard look at problem-plagued ... NASA salvages one of its orbiting Mars probesal.com (blog) Dust Bedevils Mars Much More Often...Science Now

Original story at MSNBC .

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Opinion: Ares I-X Test Flight is Go For Oct. 27 (Video)

23 Oct 2009 14:05:03 PDT

Written by Nancy Atkinson
Following a flight test readiness review, NASA has given the 'all systems go' for the Ares I-X maiden test flight on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "I am proud of the work this team has done to ready this test rocket for launch," said [...]

Original story at Universe Today .

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GAO Gives NASA Good Review on Coordination

15 Oct 2009 20:03:15 PDT

Written by Keith Cowing
NASA: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Programs and Associated Activities, GAO GAO Report Affirms That NASA Has Effective Mechanisms for Coordinating with Other Federal Agencies and Avoiding Duplicative Efforts, House Science and Technology Committ...

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NASA news and blogs - February 26, 2010

26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit NASA news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Houston, They Have a Problem. - Discovery Institute -- from blog
• Opinion: More Uncertainty About Post-Augustine NASA -- by kcowing from NASA Watch
• Opinion: Griffin set to return to class - The Huntsville Times -- from al.com
• Opinion: Her career is out of tuna -- from The Spokesman Review
• Opinion: The space economy: a public-private partnership? -- from The Space Review
• Opinion: Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost - Science Daily -- from press release
• Opinion: Do we need a new National Space Council? -- from The Space Review
• Opinion: A good job with a lousy title: notes for the next NASA administrator -- from The Space Review
• Opinion: Needed at Obama’s new NASA: the right team at the top -- from The Space Review
• Opinion: NASA Astronaut Connects With Utah Students From Space - PR Newswire -- from press release

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Opinion: NASA OIG Criticizes Current JPL Contract

25 Sep 2009 17:00:04 PDT

Written by kcowing
NASA does not have assurance that the existing contract still meets its needs or provides the best value for the taxpayer because the Agency did not fully comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for a 5-year comprehensive review of the use and need for the FFRDC.

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Opinion: Zero Gravity for Zero Dollars: Best Student Discount Ever

14 Sep 2009 15:44:36 PDT

Written by Alexis Madrigal
While the super-rich can pay millions to experience weightlessness at the International Space Station, some college kids have figured out how to experience the thrill of zero gravity for the student-friendly price of $0. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” Niusma said.

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Orion PDR Press Event: 2 Year Slip If Ares 1 Cancelled

02 Sep 2009 06:34:42 PDT

Written by kcowing
NASA has taken a major step toward building the next crew exploration vehicle by completing the Orion Project's preliminary design review, or PDR. Orion is being designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations. The preliminary design review is on...

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Opinion: NRC Weighs in on NIAC

06 Aug 2009 08:19:28 PDT

Written by kcowing
From the NRC: "A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, FOSTERING VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE: A REVIEW OF THE NASA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CONCEPTS, evaluates the effectiveness of this NASA program, which was formed to be an independent source of revoluti...

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Opinion: 40 Years After Apollo 11, NASA Maps Out the Future

19 Jul 2009 21:00:34 PDT

Written by Alexis Madrigal
March 2015: The first crewed Orion/Ares mission to the International Space Station will launch. 2016: The European Space Agency will launch ExoMars, a rover mission to the surface of that planet. NASA is involved, however, helping provide communications via the Deep Space Network.

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Bush-Era Plans to Reach Moon and Beyond Still Alive Under Obama

17 Jul 2009 10:02:38 PDT

Written by Alexis Madrigal
That may have sounded great, but it put NASA in a tough spot. First, the agency had trumpeted its success with less expensive robotic missions, not manned flight, and Bush’s priorities seemed likely to defund robotic missions. Second, the Space Shuttle program has been slated to come to an...

Original story at Wired .

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Opinion: Less Pizza, More NASA

25 May 2009 09:25:23 PDT

Written by MarcBoucher
Griffin, who started as a professor with the University of Alabama in Huntsville this week, said polls show most think NASA receives about 24 percent of the $3 trillion federal budget, but the reality is the space agency gets less than 1 percent out of federal coffers. Its budget is roughly...

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Opinion: Human Space Flight Plans Committee Notice Posted

19 May 2009 09:42:15 PDT

Written by MarcBoucher
The Committee shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans and programs, as well as alternatives, to ensure that the nation is pursuing the best trajectory for the future of human space flight—one that is safe, innovative, affordable, and sustainable. The...

Original story at NASA Watch .

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First Briefing on Human Space Flight Review

08 May 2009 09:59:37 PDT

Written by MarcBoucher
Editor's note: NASA held the first briefing with Norman Augustine, Chairman of the Human Space Flight Review. Below is the audio teleconference MP3 for you to download. NASA Teleconference for the Human Space Flight Review with Norman Augustine (MP3 - 32MB)

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Opinion: NASA FY2010 Budget Day

07 May 2009 11:06:03 PDT

Written by MarcBoucher
The Planetary Society gives the Administration's proposed NASA budget a thumbs up for its increased funding for space and Earth science, more Earth observation satellites, firm support for robotic exploration of the solar system and the development of the new Ares/Orion launch vehi...

Original story at NASA Watch .

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Opinion: NASA Weighing Debris Hit Risk for Hubble Repair Mission

16 Apr 2009 07:23:12 PDT

Written by Nancy Atkinson
There’s good news and bad news for the upcoming Hubble repair mission. The good news is that the statistical threat posed to space shuttle Atlantis and her crew by micro-meteoroid orbiting debris (MMOD) is currently no greater than last year, even with the collision of two satellites in F...

Original story at Universe Today .

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Opinion: Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin takes faculty post in ...

14 Apr 2009 14:50:39 PDT

AP) — Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin has been named eminent scholar and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The 59-year-old Griffin, of Oak Hill, Va., was NASA's administrator from ...

Original story at WHNT .

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Opinion: Yale professors join NASA investigation

27 Mar 2009 00:38:37 PDT

Building upon years of research into the behavior and structure of stars, Basu is studying what she terms the “ancillary science” of the properties of the host stars that provide light and heat to the planets Kepler is attempting to locate. ... THE SEARCH FOR EARTH 2 Excalibur Online

Original story at Yale Daily News .

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Opinion: nasa's Open Secret

23 Mar 2009 17:22:39 PDT

The Space Review CA Of the many potential candidates being discussed, Steve is the best qualified to understand NASA programs and missions. He served at NASA Headquarters as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller where he was responsible for directing the ...

Original story at Space Daily .

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Opinion: 18 years of science with the Hubble Space Telescope

31 Dec 2008 10:17:12 PST

Written by Julianne J. Dalcanton
After several decades of planning, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched in 1990 as the first of NASA’s Great Observatories. After a rocky start arising from an error in the fabrication of its main mirror, it went on to change forever many fields of astronomy, and to capture the pub...

Original story at Nature.com .

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Blu-ray Review: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions

05 Nov 2008 19:36:33 PST

Written by Dusty Somers
The U.S. space program carries with it a kind of built-in nostalgia. NASA is still faithfully trucking along, but with seemingly fewer and fewer trips into space, the golden days seem firmly rooted in the past. It’s been decades since the space program has inspired the kind of awe that swept th...

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Opinion:

05 Nov 2008 03:25:38 PST

Written by JR(noreply@blogger.com)
Source More crooked Greenie "science" Source Hoagy is a crook. FP: What is the science behind global warming theory? FP: If the science is so faulty, why does the culture at large rely on it so much? What political underpinnings are involved in this scare? Who profits?

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Opinion: Google, NASA Team Up to Bring Internet to Space [Space]

27 Oct 2008 21:30:00 PDT

Written by Elaine Chow
Google and NASA are partnering up to let space beings (and astronauts) wander the web from up in orbit. Google VP Vint Cerf and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have started working together to create a standardized internet for space, which can finally replace the one-time-use radio eq...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: NASA Falling Short of Asteroid Detection Goals

25 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Written by Betsy Mason
Asteroids of this size are estimated to strike Earth once every 500,000 years on average and could be capable of causing a global catastrophe if they hit Earth. In 2008, NASA’s Near Earth Object Program spotted a total of 11,323 objects of all sizes.

Original story at Wired .

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