Source: LinkedIn [COSPAR]. Yesterday, 29 September, the COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP) at its Executive meeting endorsed a proposed update to the Mars planetary protection policy, followin...

NASA aims to expand science across every world we visit

Keith’s note: NASA just described how they will try and fly Boeing Starliner again – with humans. Full release below. “On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the […]

Keith’s note: From Mark Sykes: Earlier this month I published “An Investigative Report on the Funding of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs, FY2011-FY2025” at: https://blog.planetary-resear...

Treating Data and Software as Strategic Assets and Accelerating AI

Keith’s note: according to a NASA OIG report: “The Geospatial Data Act seeks to foster efficient, government-wide management of geospatial data—information identifying the geographic location and char...

Astronauts for America National College Tour

Keith’s note: According to “NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions“ from NPR: “One engineer said they had to launch a satellite before […]

Keith’s note: Jared Isaacman just posted these thoughts about Space Academy on Twitter. You can respond to him directly via this tweet. Back at it again with a long one, […]

Space Catalyst Partnership

Several weeks ago as part of a separate writing project (Full Circle: A Journey of Flags, Heroes, Remembrance, and Friendship), I ventured into my basement and pulled out some of my old notebooks and ...

Artemis II iPhone Add Omits NASA. Huh?

Keith’s note: Everyone wants in on the Space Academy thing. Why is a African meteorite from Mars now U.S. property and why is D.C. Attorney/TV loudmouth @JudgeJeanine announcing this on […]

Is Commerce The Solution To All Space Things?

The Texas A&M University System is working on a proposal to manage one of the largest space agencies.

OSTP To U.S. Space Companies: Skip That French Space Summit

Heliophysics Community Support for Continued Measurements by NASA’s New Horizons Mission

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United States Space Academy

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How Will NASA Adapt To New Social Media Challenges?

How Will NASA Adapt To New Social Media Challenges?

Space Policy Fact Sheet

National Space Transportation Policy

Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an

Keith’s note: It is good to see that Jared Isaacman thinks about reaching and involving citizens in all states and territories – not just a few. It is the only […]