Obama Backs New Launcher and Bigger NASA Budget
The AAAS’s ScienceInsider confidently reports that NASA is in line to receive $1 billion more next year. Reader coop0030 sends this quote: “President Barack Obama will ask Congress next year to fund a...
View ArticleCool NASA Tech That Will Never See Space
coondoggie writes to tell us that with the “new and improved” NASA budget on the way it looks like many of the cool projects NASA has in the works will never see the light of day, let alone space. The...
View ArticleThe Upside of the NASA Budget
teeks99 writes “There are a lot of articles circulating about the new changes to the NASA budget, but this one goes into some of the details. From what I’m seeing, it looks great — cutting off the big,...
View ArticleSpaceX Gets First Commercial Permit to Make Orbital Round-Trips
In a bit of good news for private citizens dreaming of trips to orbit, the Federal Aviation Administration has just declared that trips aboard private spaceships needn’t be one-way. The private space...
View ArticleWhite House Wants Devastating Cuts To NASA’s Mars Exploration
The Bad Astronomer writes “The White House released its proposed NASA budget for FY13, and while much of it remains the same from last year, one particular program got devastating news: Mars...
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