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Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society. Host of Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition. planetary.org
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Changes in NASA's workforce, by year, since 1959. Today will mark the largest involuntary reduction in staffing since the end of Apollo. The difference is that, right now, NASA is trying to spin up a Moon program instead of end one.

submitted 13 days ago • 8 comments

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck and VP Richard French join the Space Policy Edition podcast this month to discuss their proposed Mars Sample Return plan: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...

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Despite the vagueness of the OMB order, I attempted to make a reasonable guess based on its definitions and references to 2 C.F.R. § 200.1. NASA's active grants and "Cooperative Agreements" have nearly $887M of obligations in the past few fiscal years, and impact every state in the union.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

NASA has taken down its online NODIS directory, which lists NASA's internal directives, policies, and guidelines for how the agency operates. It's not that the server is down; the URL now hits a 404 Resource Not Found. According to web.archive.org/web/20250000... it went down between Jan 22 - 24.

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

This action — in reaction to cuts proposed in the Senate's FY24 NASA budget — will only increase the overall cost of Mars Sample Return and make it less likely to reach a 2030 launch date: spacenews.com/nasa-slows-d...

submitted 475 days ago • 2 comments

NELSON CONFIRMS FUNDING FOR DEORBIT TUG IN SUPPLEMENTAL AS APPROPRIATIONS DRAMA CONTINUES WITH SHUTDOWN LOOMING spacepolicyonline.com/news/nelson-...

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If capacity is a concern, isn't it less risky to build another Unity-class ship than to pursue an entirely new design? It took over a decade to reach this point with Unity, after all.

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Hey scicommers! The good folks at The Planetary Society is looking for a science editor. There's a chance — maybe small, maybe 0, I can't say, I don't speak for them — that you can make Bill Nye says stuff. I've done that and it's fun. www.planetary.org/careers/scie... 🧪 🔭

submitted 482 days ago • 2 comments

The Space Policy Edition podcast is back! Orlando Figueroa, chair of the MSR Independent Review Board, joins us to discuss what went wrong with the project, and the steps NASA must do to set things right: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...

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BABIN, LUCAS INTRODUCE COMMERCIAL SPACE BILL spacepolicyonline.com/news/babin-l...

submitted 486 days ago • 0 comments

Is anyone else worried about the future of SpaceNews after this "merger"? There will be a lot of pressure to juice growth and lower costs under their new venture-backed owners. spacenews.com/multiverse-m...

submitted 487 days ago • 1 comment

Confession: I'm not convinced that an exoplanetary biosignature detection could ever be conclusively determined to be a sign of life. (Assuming the signature is not something like a structured message, that is). www.planetary.org/articles/how...

submitted 489 days ago • 1 comment

My wife and I had a baby 3 months ago so I've been blissfully out-of-touch. Now I've returned from paternity leave and found that space folks migrated here instead of Threads, so I will also be posting space policy stuff here as well. We'll see how it goes. Proof!

submitted 489 days ago • 2 comments