Space policy

Senate Confirms Non-Scientist Jim Bridenstine as NASA Head

The US Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine as the NASA administrator in a 50-49 vote today. The position has been vacant since January 2017. President Trump first nominated Bridenstine this past September. The Senate went months without confirming Bridenstine after Republican senators Jeff Flake and Marco Rubio opposed the nomination. Rubio had said that…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Everything We Know So Far About Tiangong-1’s Crash to Earth

If you closed your eyes and threw a dart at a spinning globe, odds are you’ll strike the Pacific Ocean. And that’s just where the doomed Chinese satellite Tiangong-1 landed last night. The space station reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Tahiti, at 8:16 p.m. ET Sunday, the U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM)…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

NASA Acting Administrator Announces Retirement With Bridenstine Still Unconfirmed

NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot told NASA employees that he will retire on April 30, according to a memo acquired by space policy analyst Marcia Smith. Lightfoot has served as the Acting Administrator since the Trump presidency began on January 20, 2017, succeeding Obama-era appointee Charles Bolden. Lightfoot is was only supposed to serve until the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Trump’s NASA Nominee Wants to Study Climate Change on Mars—But Not on Earth

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump nominated Jim Bridenstine—a Republican representative in Oklahoma—as NASA’s new leader. Like most people in this administration, Bridenstine actively supports ideas antithetical to his (soon-to-be) agency: he’s an avid supporter of private space companies and denies that human activity impacts climate change. Now, Bridenstine wants to take a seemingly good…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

What Will Trump’s Presidency Mean for Our Future in Space?

If you woke up today wishing to fling yourself into a black hole, you may be wondering what’s in store for NASA under President-elect Donald Trump. It is difficult to say much with certainty. But overall, the space agency will probably be directed to focus more on deep space activities and crewed spaceflight over the…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Martian Author Andy Weir Tells Congress What We Really Need to Be Focusing on in Space

Yesterday, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee met with NASA and leading aerospace companies to discuss future deep space habitats. As Congressional hearings go, it sounds like an enthralling topic. But the most interesting part of the meeting was not a spirited debate over the merits of expandable space houses versus magnetic force fields:…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

A New Sensor Can Sniff Out Gold Inside Space Rocks

There’s gold in them thar asteroids—if only we could find it. Well, and get to it, extract it, and haul it back to Earth. You know, details. But that first part just got easier, thanks to a clever new sensor designed to sniff out gold, platinum, and even diamond inside asteroids. The sensor, technically a…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

The GOP’s New Budget Proposal is a Big Middle Finger to Earth Science

The GOP is trying to eviscerate NASA’s Earth science program. At best, the House Science Committee’s new budget proposal would slash NASA’s Earth science funding by $300 million. At worst, the Earth sciences stand to lose over half a billion federal dollars. Top Image: NASA Earth Observatory Reminding us, yet again, that the anti-science, climate…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Senate Confirms Non-Scientist Jim Bridenstine as NASA Head

Everything We Know So Far About Tiangong-1’s Crash to Earth

NASA Acting Administrator Announces Retirement With Bridenstine Still Unconfirmed

Trump’s NASA Nominee Wants to Study Climate Change on Mars—But Not on Earth

What Will Trump’s Presidency Mean for Our Future in Space?

Martian Author Andy Weir Tells Congress What We Really Need to Be Focusing on in Space

A New Sensor Can Sniff Out Gold Inside Space Rocks

The GOP’s New Budget Proposal is a Big Middle Finger to Earth Science

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