January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... telescope survey mission is necessary in order to reliably obtain many of these characteristics in the timely manner required by Congress. Currently, NASA’s NEOWISE mission (repurposed after the WISE astrophysics mission ended) is the only infrared...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... 2011. However, the idea was widely criticised by members of the US Congress and others, and was disavowed by both NASA and DARPA. It was ... survey). However, it was cancelled by the US Congress. Since the early 1990s, most SETI projects have ...
09 October 2015
NASA releases plan for Mars exploration
... achievement.” “In the coming weeks, I look forward to continuing to discuss the details of our plan with members of Congress, as well as our commercial and our international partners, many of whom will be attending the International Astronautical...
31 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Publishes Letter to the Washington Space Establishment
...eventual irrelevance. The opportunity is a new administration and congress recognizes the future in the headlines as these next space...program -- along with exploration. The next administration and congress must codify these goals. Next, we must align ...
28 March 2018
Woes for Webb as the space telescope is delayed again
... $7.3 billion of the $8 billion it was allocated by U.S Congress for the development of Webb. If the project goes beyond the...cap, the space telescope will have to be reauthorised by Congress and the potential for further delays increases. But, do any...
18 March 2019
A habitat prototype for NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway
... A former U.S. Navy pilot, and a member of Congress until his NASA appointment in 2018, Bridenstine described NASA’s ... speech about the White House’s fiscal year 2020 budget request to Congress. “I hear people sometimes say, ‘Well, you know, Gateway ...
