There was hearing today of the House subcommittee on Science, NASA and Technology with NASA administrator Charles Bolden testifying Subcommittee on Space – A Review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 | Committee on Science – U.S. House of Representatives.
Here are notes on the exchanges. The Congresspersons (who mostly represent districts with NASA centers) as usual hailed the SLS/Orion jobs programs while Bolden was more emphatic this time in supporting the Commercial Crew program and blaming Congress for delaying it in favor of paying Russia to launch US astronauts to the ISS:
- Marcia Smith (SpcPlcyOnline) on Twitter
- Dan Leone (Leone_SN) on Twitter
- Alan Ladwig (SpaceArtAl) on Twitter
- Jeff Foust (jeff_foust) on Twitter
Yet another selection of space policy/politics related links:
- NASA uses Russia standoff to push for U.S.-run “taxi” to space station – Orlando Sentinel
- Proposed SOFIA Cancellation Rankles Congress, Scientists – SpacePoliceOnline.com
- Bolden uses Soyuz launch to press for commercial crew funding – Space Politics
- Eastern Range Radar issue delays upcoming Cape launches – NASASpaceFlight.com
- The NASA Budget: What Next – The Planetary Society
- How Russia could strangle the U.S. space program – Salon.com – Includes some BS about how difficult it would be for DoD sats to fly on SpaceX rockets.
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- Bolden, Lawmakers Point Fingers about State of U.S. Human Spaceflight – SpaceNews.com
- Germany calls for redesign of next-generation Ariane – Spaceflight Now
- Breaking the EELV Monopoly: SpaceX Receives Study Contract From the Air Force – Innerspace.net
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Webcasts:
- Space segments on the John Batchelor show:
- Mon 3/24/14 Hr 4 | John Batchelor Show – Jeff Foust discusses SpaceX and reusable launch vehicles
- Tues 3/25/14 Hr 3 | John Batchelor Show – Space news and policy with Bob Zimmerman
- Wed 3/26/14 Hr 1 | John Batchelor Show – Alan Stern and the New Horizons mission to Pluto