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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:lawmakers-gird-for-nasa-cut-battle/ 30 Jan 2010 12:25:11 PST Preview of Official NASA Budget/Policy Events - Update http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:preview-of-official-nasa-budget-policy-events-update/ Written by Keith Cowing
3 Feb: Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee - Hearing: Key Issues and Challenges Facing NASA: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs: 10:00 am EST - hearing runs for two hours. You can expect Subcommittee Chair Rep. Giffords to pick up where she left off at a previous hearing wherein she will bash No...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:preview-of-official-nasa-budget-policy-events-update/ 30 Jan 2010 04:20:09 PST No ESAS-2 Needed http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:no-esas-2-needed/ Written by Keith Cowing
NASA to Review Human Spaceflight, NY Times "The expansive, multimonth technical study, still in the preliminary stages, might be similar to the Exploration Systems Architecture Study that in 2005 settled on the design of the agency's program to return astronauts... NASA to Review Human...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:no-esas-2-needed/ 30 Jan 2010 00:52:45 PST NASA Releases First Free E-Book, on History of X-15 Rocket Plane http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-releases-first-free-e-book-on-history-of-x-15-rocket-plane/ Written by Jason Paur
Image: X-15 aircraft./NASA See Also: NASA’s Contest to Design the Last Shuttle PatchStrange Places on Mars: What Do You Want to See Next?Mars Phoenix Tweets: “We Have ICE!”Data Nerds Hack NASA — in a Good WayNASA Wants Your Ideas for Digitizing Rocket Scientist’s Notes


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-releases-first-free-e-book-on-history-of-x-15-rocket-plane/ 29 Jan 2010 11:34:46 PST NASA Provides Inside Look at International Space Station with Streaming Video http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-provides-inside-look-at-international-space-station-with-streaming-video/ NASA soon will provide Internet viewers an inside look at astronauts working in space by streaming video live from the International Space Station's laboratories. The internal views are set to begin Feb. 1 and will be available during all crew duty hours.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-provides-inside-look-at-international-space-station-with-streaming-video/ 28 Jan 2010 14:07:13 PST Opinion: Going In Circles Again: America Will Abandon Human Lunar Exploration - And Much More http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:going-in-circles-again-america-will-abandon-human-lunar-exploration-and-much-more/ 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


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:going-in-circles-again-america-will-abandon-human-lunar-exploration-and-much-more/ 27 Jan 2010 21:29:28 PST NASA news and blogs - February 26, 2010 http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/?date=20100226 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.

  •   Is VASIMR Part Of NASA's New Architecture? -- by Keith Cowing from NASA Watch
  •   NASA’s Solar Crown Jewel Bolted atop Atlas Rocket -- by Ken Kremer from Universe Today
  •   Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn's B Ring -- by Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today
  •   NASA Advisory Council Commercial Space Committee Committee Meeting 16 Feb 2010 -- from SpaceRef Top Stories
  •   Commercial Space: Hot Air Vs Real Hardware -- by Keith Cowing from NASA Watch
  •   Commercial Spaceflight Federation Statement on NASA's Anticipated Announcement of a $6 Billion Commercial Crew Program and NASA Budget Increase -- from SpaceRef Top Stories
  •   NASA Making Government More Accessible With Cutting-Edge Use Of New Media -- from NASA Breaking News
  •   Podcast: GNC-2010-01-28 #547 Win a iPad Listen to Win -- by geeknews from Geek News Central Podcast
  •   You Can't Have It Both Ways, Mike -- by Keith Cowing from NASA Watch
  •   Constellation Cancellation Reaction -- by Keith Cowing from NASA Watch

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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-provides-inside-look-at-international-space-station-with-streaming-video/ 27 Jan 2010 21:00:00 PST NASA Gives Up on Spirit Rescue, Preps Mars Rover to Hibernate http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-gives-up-on-spirit-rescue-preps-mars-rover-to-hibernate/ Written by Alexis Madrigal
Spirit Rover Wiggles Her WheelsSpirit’s Low on MarsFree Spirit: NASA Recreates Mars Surface to Liberate RoverRobot Rescue Party Aiding Mired Martian RoverMars Rover “Spirit” Needs Sunny Slope to Survive Winter WiSci 2.0: Alexis Madrigal’s Twitter, Google Reader feed, and green tec...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-gives-up-on-spirit-rescue-preps-mars-rover-to-hibernate/ 26 Jan 2010 11:56:53 PST NASA advanced Solar Observatory nearing February launch; will send IMAX like movies daily http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-advanced-solar-observatory-nearing-february-launch-will-send-imax-like-movies-daily/ Written by Ken Kremer
SDO and two piece payload fairing inside “clean room” at Astrotech Spaceflight facility near KSC on Jan 21. Fairing protects spacecraft during ascent through earths atmosphere. Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now NASA SDO Website


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-advanced-solar-observatory-nearing-february-launch-will-send-imax-like-movies-daily/ 23 Jan 2010 19:50:16 PST Rover Gives NASA an "Opportunity" to View Interior of Mars http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:rover-gives-nasa-an-opportunity-to-view-interior-of-mars/ NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars. Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a basketball was the target of interest for Opportunity during the past two months.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:rover-gives-nasa-an-opportunity-to-view-interior-of-mars/ 21 Jan 2010 17:00:54 PST Opinion: http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_3o7394/ 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...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_3o7394/ 14 Jan 2010 19:39:50 PST NASA Sets Jan. 11 Briefing to Preview Upcoming Spacewalk, Soyuz Relocation and Other January Space Station Milestones http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-sets-jan-11-briefing-to-preview-upcoming-spacewalk-soyuz-relocation-and-other-january-space-station-milestones/ NASA officials will discuss an upcoming spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts, the relocation of a Soyuz spacecraft to a new docking port and other International Space Station activities during a briefing at 1 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 11.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-sets-jan-11-briefing-to-preview-upcoming-spacewalk-soyuz-relocation-and-other-january-space-station-milestones/ 06 Jan 2010 14:18:21 PST NASA Supports the President's Educate to Innovate Campaign with Summer of Innovation to Bring Students the Universe http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-supports-the-president-s-educate-to-innovate-campaign-with-summer-of-innovation-to-bring-students-the-universe/ NASA has launched an initiative to use its missions and technology programs to boost summer learning. NASA's Summer of Innovation supports the President's Educate to Innovate campaign for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/news:nasa-supports-the-president-s-educate-to-innovate-campaign-with-summer-of-innovation-to-bring-students-the-universe/ 06 Jan 2010 12:34:35 PST NASA’s Contest to Design the Last Shuttle Patch http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-s-contest-to-design-the-last-shuttle-patch/ Written by Alexis Madrigal and Betsy Mason
gt;The space shuttle program is on its way out, but the core of people who built and maintained it will live on. To honor them, NASA gave its employees the chance to design the patch that will commemorate the shuttle program, which is slated to end in September, after STS-133 flies. From the de...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/post:nasa-s-contest-to-design-the-last-shuttle-patch/ 06 Jan 2010 03:00:23 PST Opinion: Mars probe's latest trouble: Titanium parts http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:mars-probe-s-latest-trouble-titanium-parts/ 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


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:mars-probe-s-latest-trouble-titanium-parts/ 17 Dec 2009 14:38:01 PST Podcast: Spock Has Certainly Left The Building http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:spock-has-certainly-left-the-building/ Written by kcowing
Mike Griffin Reveals His Commercialization Vision for NASA: Part 2, SpaceRef Mike Griffin: Well, with regard to feelings: I don't do feelings. Just think of me as Spock." [audio] Comment by Lori Garver during yesterday's employee briefing: "Feelings are back at NASA".


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:spock-has-certainly-left-the-building/ 22 Jul 2009 15:16:09 PDT Opinion: Bush-Era Plans to Reach Moon and Beyond Still Alive Under Obama http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:bush-era-plans-to-reach-moon-and-beyond-still-alive-under-obama/ 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...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:bush-era-plans-to-reach-moon-and-beyond-still-alive-under-obama/ 17 Jul 2009 10:02:38 PDT Patch: Restored Apollo 11 Video Released http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/patch:restored-apollo-11-video-released/ Written by MarcBoucher
NASA Releases Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Video, NASA NASA released Thursday newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first mission to land astronauts on the moon."


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/patch:restored-apollo-11-video-released/ 15 Jul 2009 22:50:42 PDT Podcast: Audio Reveals 1969 Russian Attempt to Beat U.S. to the Moon http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:audio-reveals-1969-russian-attempt-to-beat-u-s-to-the-moon/ Written by Hadley Leggett
The United States wasn’t the only country hoping to land on the moon in July 1969 — Russians were trying to beat us to the punch by landing the unmanned spacecraft Luna 15 while Apollo 11 was still in orbit around the moon. Now, thanks to the discovery of previously unheard recordings from 196...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:audio-reveals-1969-russian-attempt-to-beat-u-s-to-the-moon/ 07 Jul 2009 11:41:34 PDT Podcast: Remembering the Voice of Space Flight http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:remembering-the-voice-of-space-flight/ Written by Brandon Keim
Listen to the Apollo 10 broadcast. See Also: NASA’s Best Photos: You Make the CallOpen Data: Shuttle Impacts From Space JunkTiny, DIY Satellites Get NASA Boost Image: NASA Brandon Keim’s Twitter stream and Del.icio.us feed; Wired Science on Facebook.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:remembering-the-voice-of-space-flight/ 02 Jun 2009 11:17:10 PDT GNC-2008-11-14 #424 (1) Week till 24hr Podcast http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:gnc-2008-11-14-424-1-week-till-24hr-podcast/ Written by geek@geeknewscentral.com (Todd Cochrane)
Mars Everest Panorama Big Bang or Big Bounce Cassini and New Aurora on Saturn Funny NASA Mission Control Google Gmail Video Roku Netflix One Dot? Is your Spam down? Mars Rover Low on Power Rover Update STS-126 to ISS for Home Improvements Telecoms Sweating Obama Administration


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:gnc-2008-11-14-424-1-week-till-24hr-podcast/ 13 Nov 2008 23:41:16 PST Podcast: Designer Jan Čtvrtník: from Czech Cubism to NASA lunar shields http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:designer-jan-tvrtn-k-from-czech-cubism-to-nasa-lunar-shields/ Young Czech designer Jan Čtvrtník has worked for some of the best-known names in the industry, from domestic firm Moser to IKEA and Electrolux. He has just won an illustrious Droog award for a vase highlighting the issue of climate change, which also attracted the attention of British des...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:designer-jan-tvrtn-k-from-czech-cubism-to-nasa-lunar-shields/ 13 Nov 2008 15:00:00 PST Opinion: http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_2lmjl2/ 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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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_2lmjl2/ 05 Nov 2008 03:25:38 PST Opinion: NASA Falling Short of Asteroid Detection Goals http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-falling-short-of-asteroid-detection-goals/ 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.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-falling-short-of-asteroid-detection-goals/ 25 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PDT Podcast: Fred Thompson Mocks “Fevered” Theories of Global Warming http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/podcast:fred-thompson-mocks-fevered-theories-of-global-warming/ Silly, I know, but I wonder what all those planets, dwarf planets and moons in our SOLAR system have in common. Hmmmm. SOLAR system. Hmmmm. Solar? I wonder. Nah, I guess we shouldn’t even be talking about this. The science is absolutely decided. There’s a consensus.


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