NASA Watch

Unofficial NASA News Coverage Since 1996. Edited by @KeithCowing

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Heads up @NASA @NSF @NOAA @NIST @ENERGY etc. “In an Oval Office meeting on Friday, Trump directed his budget director, Russ Vought, to draft an executive order to create a board that would decide which grants the National Institutes of Health should fund, according to two administration officials familiar with the meeting granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it. “

https://t.co/6xz945sXp8

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Other agencies could be affected. National Space Council and @NASA Advisory Committee have disappeared as have #NASA advisory committees. #OMB has already tried twice to cut science missions and ground research. @NASAAdmin is clearly a science fan - but stay alert space folks. 👀

[Sheryl Gay Stolberg @SherylNYT]

NEW: OMB chief Russ Vought & NIH director Jay Bhattacharya have been fighting for months over Trump plan to exert political control over NIH grants. It got so bad that Russ V. refused to meet with Jay B. Now Trump is preparing an executive order. https://t.co/dTGiyDuzNa

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

BREAKING: SpaceX’s new FCC filing reveals that each Starmind orbital AI data center could weigh up to 4,000 kg, roughly twice the ~2,000 kg figure reported for a Starlink V3 satellite.

SpaceX is seeking FCC approval for a constellation of up to 1 million Starmind satellites.

[Anousheh Ansari @AnoushehAnsari]

My reflection after 20 years https://t.co/7syVLFS0zF

[Victoria Samson @VSamson_DC]

I have been saying this!! "Despite a succession of breakthroughs in booster-recovery efforts in recent months, both on land and at sea, China has yet to reuse one – a stark contrast laying bare the gap between Beijing’s space ambitions and the challenges that remain." Link below

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

We crossed the seas, climbed the mountains, and kept going because we wanted to know what was out there.

We don’t know what we may find, but destiny is calling…

[Peter Beck @Peter_J_Beck]

100% mission success

[Manuel Mazzanti @manumazzanti]

La Agencia Espacial China presenta el traje extra vehicular para sus misiones lunares tripuladas.

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

@MichaelEMann Sounds astronomical i.e. #ThreeBodyProblem ;-)

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

They used Maker Hooks to ride Shai Hulud.

[SpaceDocs @Space_meds]

Astronauts For America is a nonpartisan organization of former NASA astronauts who have sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States. -We are committed to science, evidence-based decision-making, public service, and the rule of law.-

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

According to @airandspace "Today in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers' balloon launched carrying the first living creatures to fly in a craft: a duck, a rooster, and a sheep. All survived and helped to demonstrate that balloon flight was safe for humans." I decided to see if a little #AI magic would work. Thanks @Grok

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Just to be clear I posted a screen grab and short quote of what @CNN said - not what I have said. I never expressed an opinion. I simply reported what CNN said. Now I guess I have to express an opinion. OK: I do not agree with the conclusion that the cited article reached. The Moon has vast untapped resources we have only begun to understand and it is there that humans will become a multi-planetary species. Permanently. Feel better now?

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Moments ago @CNN cited a study saying that very large settlements on the Moon would run out of water and that much smaller bases are more realistic #Artemis @NASAMoonbase

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Just to be clear I posted a screen grab and short quote of what @CNN said - not what I have said. I never expressed an opinion. I simply reported what CNN said. Now I guess I have to express an opinion. OK: I do not agree with the conclusion that the cited article reached. The Moon has vast untapped resources we have only begun to understand and it is there that humans will become a multi-planetary species. Permanently. Feel better now?

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Moments ago @CNN cited a study saying that very large settlements on the Moon would run out of water and that much smaller bases are more realistic #Artemis @NASAMoonbase

[Astrobiology Graduate Conference @abgradcon]

Day 2 and 3 of AbGradCon featured two panels: NASA DARES early career insights and Astrobiology Career Trajectories (sponsored by @uarizonalpl and @azastrobiology)

#astrobiology #abgradcon #NASA

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

NASA employees: EEOC committed ‘flagrant distortions’ to decertify class complaint
https://t.co/AFEtJCeLwz @NASA @NASAGoddard

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

NASA in talks for Boeing's Starliner to handle new missions, WSJ reports. https://t.co/CJG1HnuoHN

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Jared Isaacman assesses state of Artemis program in visit to Marshall Space Flight Center https://t.co/EfHDFzXgka @NASAAdmin

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Media Advisory: NASA Administrator Isaacman to visit U of A campus Sept. 23
https://t.co/p4oAAzCKfg @uarizona @nasa @NASAAdmin