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Below are some excerpts from today’s Congressional testimony on the NASA budget. My name is Mike Snyder and it has been my honor and privilege...

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden testified before Congress today, providing more details of the NASA 2011 budget. Below is a summary of his testimony before...

A new NASA publication, Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context (NASA SP-4802) is available as a free 612-page 4MB PDF download. Editors...

Remarks by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver 13th Annual FAA AST Space Transportation Conference February 11, 2010 Days after release of the President’s 2011 budget,...

In the recent post Push in Congress for Additional NASA Funding (Update), we detailed how Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert created a letter...

According to Mark Hopkins, Senior Vice President of the National Space Society, “The discovery of water on the Moon dramatically improves the case for the...

By Jonas Dino, NASA Ames Research Center From http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html November 13, 2009 The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds...

AIAA Panel to Discuss Implications of Augustine Commission Report for America’s Human Space Flight Plans The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host...

A Whiff of Water Found on the Moon By Richard A. Kerr Science Yes, the moon is a “wetter” place than the Apollo astronauts ever...

Sept. 24, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [email protected] DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 [email protected] RELEASE: 09-222 NASA INSTRUMENTS REVEAL WATER MOLECULES...

NASA Officials Warn of Tight Budgets Ahead By Amy Klamper in Space News “Budgets were tight when I was here in the 90s, but they’re...

Augustine appears before Congress about space review BY WILLIAM HARWOOD in Space Flight Now “The issue is money. That issue renders moot all other debate...

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