...of NASA's fiscal year 2009 budget request, as well as providing us an opportunity to engage Dr. Griffin on a range of NASA-related issues. Dr. Griffin, NASA has been in the news in both positive and not-so-positive ways over the last year. In particular, I...
...and exploration projects, scheduled abolishment of a position, reorganization, or uncertainty of future funding. According to NASA, such authority is particularly useful to NASA as it manages the agency's transition from the Space Shuttle Program to a new...
...releases the parachute and finally fires its thrusters to bring it down for a soft landing. "Everything has to go right," said NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. "You can't afford any failures." The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft, Phoenix...
...also directed NASA to develop new vehicles for human spaceflight that would allow missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA was directed to complete that development as quickly as possible to minimize the gap in time, once the space shuttle fleet was retired,...
...train the next generation of scientists and engineers, and those activities should continue to be an important priority. (10) NASA should make a sustained commitment to a robust long-term technology development activity. Such investments represent the critically...
...approach to space exploration under American leadership. Such an approach can provide a compelling "soft power" rationale for NASA's human exploration program and be an approach that will deliver clear benefits to America beyond just the demonstration of our...
...much of that is election-year pandering to voters in Florida and other states with NASA field centers remains to be seen, but NASA has long enjoyed a basic core of support on Capitol Hill that is driven as much by pork barrel politics as a desire to push the...
...Dwayne Brown said soon after the reversal of the decision that "the NASA administrator has rescinded the letter." According to NASA, budget cuts were implemented on a number of missions, in order to make up for the Mars Science Laboratory project which has...
...Orbital, would replace the EELV in launching the Space Taxi system at a significantly lower cost. This RLV system will provide NASA and other customers with unprecedented reductions in cost and improvements in reliability, safety, and performance. We project...
...- A new NASA report paints a rosy picture of the relationship between astronauts and flight surgeons, a bond historically strained because NASA surgeons have the power to deny astronauts a trip into space for health reasons. Released on Wednesday, it is the...