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Following a flight test readiness review, NASA has given the 'all systems go' for the Ares I-X maiden test flight on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "I am proud of the work this team has done to ready this test rocket for launch," said [...]


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:ares-i-x-test-flight-is-go-for-oct-27-video/ 23 Oct 2009 14:05:03 PDT GAO Gives NASA Good Review on Coordination http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:gao-gives-nasa-good-review-on-coordination/ Written by Keith Cowing
NASA: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Programs and Associated Activities, GAO GAO Report Affirms That NASA Has Effective Mechanisms for Coordinating with Other Federal Agencies and Avoiding Duplicative Efforts, House Science and Technology Committ...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:gao-gives-nasa-good-review-on-coordination/ 15 Oct 2009 20:03:15 PDT Opinion: NASA OIG Criticizes Current JPL Contract http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-oig-criticizes-current-jpl-contract/ Written by kcowing
NASA does not have assurance that the existing contract still meets its needs or provides the best value for the taxpayer because the Agency did not fully comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for a 5-year comprehensive review of the use and need for the FFRDC.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-oig-criticizes-current-jpl-contract/ 25 Sep 2009 17:00:04 PDT Opinion: Zero Gravity for Zero Dollars: Best Student Discount Ever http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:zero-gravity-for-zero-dollars-best-student-discount-ever/ Written by Alexis Madrigal
While the super-rich can pay millions to experience weightlessness at the International Space Station, some college kids have figured out how to experience the thrill of zero gravity for the student-friendly price of $0. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” Niusma said.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:zero-gravity-for-zero-dollars-best-student-discount-ever/ 14 Sep 2009 15:44:36 PDT Opinion: Orion PDR Press Event: 2 Year Slip If Ares 1 Cancelled http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:orion-pdr-press-event-2-year-slip-if-ares-1-cancelled/ Written by kcowing
NASA has taken a major step toward building the next crew exploration vehicle by completing the Orion Project's preliminary design review, or PDR. Orion is being designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations. The preliminary design review is on...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:orion-pdr-press-event-2-year-slip-if-ares-1-cancelled/ 02 Sep 2009 06:34:42 PDT Opinion: More Uncertainty About Post-Augustine NASA http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:more-uncertainty-about-post-augustine-nasa/ Written by kcowing
After just seven more missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Shuttle will retire without a replacement. Ex-Lockheed Martin CEO Norm Augustine, chair of the United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee review, has published his committee's findings, and NAS...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:more-uncertainty-about-post-augustine-nasa/ 19 Aug 2009 22:48:57 PDT NASA news and blogs - December 05, 2009 http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/Section:review_analysis/?date=20091205 Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit NASA news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

  •   Opinion: Her career is out of tuna -- from The Spokesman Review
  •   Opinion: Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost - Science Daily -- from press release
  •   Opinion: Do we need a new National Space Council? -- from The Space Review
  •   Opinion: NASA Astronaut Connects With Utah Students From Space - PR Newswire -- from press release
  •   Opinion: RealTouch: Break all the rules without breaking any promises -- from CrunchGear
  •   Opinion: Beyond the North Pole: Send a message way up to the space station -- from Salt Lake Tribune
  •   Blu-ray Review: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions -- from Blogcritics.org
  •   Review: “NASA/Art” exhibit celebrates 50 years of American space ... -- from Naples Daily News
  •   DVD Verdict Review - When We Left Earth -- from DVD Verdict
  •   Opinion: NASA Aims to Keep Moon's Skies Junk-Free -- from FOXNews

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From the NRC: "A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, FOSTERING VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE: A REVIEW OF THE NASA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CONCEPTS, evaluates the effectiveness of this NASA program, which was formed to be an independent source of revoluti...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nrc-weighs-in-on-niac/ 06 Aug 2009 08:19:28 PDT Opinion: 40 Years After Apollo 11, NASA Maps Out the Future http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:40-years-after-apollo-11-nasa-maps-out-the-future/ Written by Alexis Madrigal
March 2015: The first crewed Orion/Ares mission to the International Space Station will launch. 2016: The European Space Agency will launch ExoMars, a rover mission to the surface of that planet. NASA is involved, however, helping provide communications via the Deep Space Network.


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:40-years-after-apollo-11-nasa-maps-out-the-future/ 19 Jul 2009 21:00:34 PDT Opinion: Bush-Era Plans to Reach Moon and Beyond Still Alive Under Obama http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:bush-era-plans-to-reach-moon-and-beyond-still-alive-under-obama/ Written by Alexis Madrigal
That may have sounded great, but it put NASA in a tough spot. First, the agency had trumpeted its success with less expensive robotic missions, not manned flight, and Bush’s priorities seemed likely to defund robotic missions. Second, the Space Shuttle program has been slated to come to an...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:bush-era-plans-to-reach-moon-and-beyond-still-alive-under-obama/ 17 Jul 2009 10:02:38 PDT Opinion: Less Pizza, More NASA http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:less-pizza-more-nasa/ Written by MarcBoucher
Griffin, who started as a professor with the University of Alabama in Huntsville this week, said polls show most think NASA receives about 24 percent of the $3 trillion federal budget, but the reality is the space agency gets less than 1 percent out of federal coffers. Its budget is roughly...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:less-pizza-more-nasa/ 25 May 2009 09:25:23 PDT Opinion: Human Space Flight Plans Committee Notice Posted http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:human-space-flight-plans-committee-notice-posted/ Written by MarcBoucher
The Committee shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans and programs, as well as alternatives, to ensure that the nation is pursuing the best trajectory for the future of human space flight—one that is safe, innovative, affordable, and sustainable. The...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:human-space-flight-plans-committee-notice-posted/ 19 May 2009 09:42:15 PDT First Briefing on Human Space Flight Review http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:first-briefing-on-human-space-flight-review/ Written by MarcBoucher
Editor's note: NASA held the first briefing with Norman Augustine, Chairman of the Human Space Flight Review. Below is the audio teleconference MP3 for you to download. NASA Teleconference for the Human Space Flight Review with Norman Augustine (MP3 - 32MB)


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The Planetary Society gives the Administration's proposed NASA budget a thumbs up for its increased funding for space and Earth science, more Earth observation satellites, firm support for robotic exploration of the solar system and the development of the new Ares/Orion launch vehi...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-fy2010-budget-day/ 07 May 2009 11:06:03 PDT Opinion: NASA Weighing Debris Hit Risk for Hubble Repair Mission http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-weighing-debris-hit-risk-for-hubble-repair-mission/ Written by Nancy Atkinson
There’s good news and bad news for the upcoming Hubble repair mission. The good news is that the statistical threat posed to space shuttle Atlantis and her crew by micro-meteoroid orbiting debris (MMOD) is currently no greater than last year, even with the collision of two satellites in F...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-weighing-debris-hit-risk-for-hubble-repair-mission/ 16 Apr 2009 08:23:12 PDT Opinion: Yale professors join NASA investigation http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:yale-professors-join-nasa-investigation/ Building upon years of research into the behavior and structure of stars, Basu is studying what she terms the “ancillary science” of the properties of the host stars that provide light and heat to the planets Kepler is attempting to locate. ... THE SEARCH FOR EARTH 2 Excalibur Online


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:yale-professors-join-nasa-investigation/ 27 Mar 2009 00:38:37 PDT Opinion: nasa's Open Secret http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-s-open-secret/ The Space Review  CA Of the many potential candidates being discussed, Steve is the best qualified to understand NASA programs and missions. He served at NASA Headquarters as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller where he was responsible for directing the ...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-s-open-secret/ 23 Mar 2009 17:22:39 PDT Opinion: The space economy: a public-private partnership? http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:the-space-economy-a-public-private-partnership/  MD So what does this imply for the space industry, including the so-called “space economy”, defined by NASA the range of goods and services that provide value to people through the course of exploring and utilizing space (see “NASA’s new outreach plan”, ...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:the-space-economy-a-public-private-partnership/ 15 Mar 2009 17:12:20 PDT Opinion: A good job with a lousy title: notes for the next NASA administrator http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:a-good-job-with-a-lousy-title-notes-for-the-next-nasa-administrator/  MD - Feb 2, 2009 The new head of NASA is also going to have to insure that NASA’s science output is kept honest. The debate over climate change has been thoroughly polluted ...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:a-good-job-with-a-lousy-title-notes-for-the-next-nasa-administrator/ 02 Feb 2009 08:36:08 PST Opinion: Needed at Obama’s new NASA: the right team at the top http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:needed-at-obama-s-new-nasa-the-right-team-at-the-top/ Azom.com  MD - by Dave Huntsman The political rumor mill has been rife with possible names for Obama’s NASA chief: eg, the space scientist (Charles Kennel), ... Light, Flexible Carbon Nanotube Brings Space Elevator Closer to ... Azom.com all 3 news articles


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:needed-at-obama-s-new-nasa-the-right-team-at-the-top/ 26 Jan 2009 07:14:23 PST Opinion: 18 years of science with the Hubble Space Telescope http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:18-years-of-science-with-the-hubble-space-telescope/ Written by Julianne J. Dalcanton
After several decades of planning, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched in 1990 as the first of NASA’s Great Observatories. After a rocky start arising from an error in the fabrication of its main mirror, it went on to change forever many fields of astronomy, and to capture the pub...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:18-years-of-science-with-the-hubble-space-telescope/ 31 Dec 2008 10:17:12 PST NASA Needs a New Direction, Says Independent Review Panel http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-needs-a-new-direction-says-independent-review-panel/ Written by Clara Moskowitz
NASA's current plan, outlined by President Bush in 2004 under his "Vision for Space Exploration," is to get humans back to the moon and then on to Mars with the Constellation program, and to complete the International Space Station and retire the space shuttle by 2010. Image: NASA


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-needs-a-new-direction-says-independent-review-panel/ 15 Dec 2008 15:57:13 PST Blu-ray Review: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:blu-ray-review-when-we-left-earth-the-nasa-missions/ Written by Dusty Somers
The U.S. space program carries with it a kind of built-in nostalgia. NASA is still faithfully trucking along, but with seemingly fewer and fewer trips into space, the golden days seem firmly rooted in the past. It’s been decades since the space program has inspired the kind of awe that swept th...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:blu-ray-review-when-we-left-earth-the-nasa-missions/ 05 Nov 2008 19:36:33 PST Opinion: http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_2lmjl2/ Written by JR(noreply@blogger.com)
Source More crooked Greenie "science" Source Hoagy is a crook. FP: What is the science behind global warming theory? FP: If the science is so faulty, why does the culture at large rely on it so much? What political underpinnings are involved in this scare? Who profits?


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:Untitled_2lmjl2/ 05 Nov 2008 03:25:38 PST Opinion: Google, NASA Team Up to Bring Internet to Space [Space] http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:google-nasa-team-up-to-bring-internet-to-space-space/ Written by Elaine Chow
Google and NASA are partnering up to let space beings (and astronauts) wander the web from up in orbit. Google VP Vint Cerf and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have started working together to create a standardized internet for space, which can finally replace the one-time-use radio eq...


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]]> http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:google-nasa-team-up-to-bring-internet-to-space-space/ 27 Oct 2008 21:30:00 PDT Opinion: NASA Falling Short of Asteroid Detection Goals http://jetpackfuture.com/NASA/opinion:nasa-falling-short-of-asteroid-detection-goals/ Written by Betsy Mason
Asteroids of this size are estimated to strike Earth once every 500,000 years on average and could be capable of causing a global catastrophe if they hit Earth. In 2008, NASA’s Near Earth Object Program spotted a total of 11,323 objects of all sizes.


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