U.S. Sen. Barack Obama promised to work with NASA officials to develop a focused mission for the future of the space program.
Archive for May 22, 2008
Authorization Bill for Extra Shuttle Flight Clears House Subcommittee
A bill calling for an extra NASA shuttle flight cleared a House subcomittee.
NASA missions tested first at Sandusky’s Plum Brook station
“I don’t think people realize just how critical northern Ohio and the Plum Brook station has been to the space program over the years,” Dave Taylor, Facility Manager of B-2, tells News 11.
House bill would authorize additional shuttle flights
House lawmakers have introduced legislation authorizing three additional space shuttle flights before the fleet’s scheduled 2010 retirement, including the launch of a science probe removed from the manifest after the 2003 Columbia accident.
There is a better way forward
“From 1975–1981, between the retirement of the Apollo-Saturn system and the first flight of the Shuttle, the United States did not have the capability to send humans into space, our country was not driving the space exploration agenda, and our aerospace workforce was decimated.
NASA and space solar power
NASA has good reason to be afraid that the Congress or maybe even the White House will give them a mandate to work on space solar power at a time when the agency’s budget is even tighter than usual and when everything that can be safely cut has been cut.
Read More at The Space Review…
New Bill In Congress Aims At Reducing Space Gap
A new bill in Congress is trying to bolster NASA and reduce the gap between the shuttle’s retirement and the next generation of space flight.
Read More at Central Florida News 13…
First Ares test launch likely delayed by pad conflict
Delays in the space shuttle program could force a one-month slip of an early test flight of NASA’s next-generation rocket next year due to busy Kennedy Space Center launch facilities, agency officials said Thursday.
Hubble delays test flight of Ares rocket
A five-week slip in NASA’s final Hubble Space Telescope servicing call will trigger a mirror-image delay in the first test flight of a new Ares 1 moon rocket, officials said Thursday.