WASHINGTON — A key congressional committee today sidestepped a potential vote on NASA’s future, opting to take “no position” on White House plans to scrap NASA’s moon rocket program and replace the space shuttle with commercial rockets.
The House subcommittee with oversight of NASA’s budget did, however, agree unanimously to withhold funding for the agency’s human [...]
NASA asked the aerospace industry on Tuesday to come up with ideas for new “affordable” rocket systems and propulsion technology to replace the agency’s current over-budget line of launch vehicles that make up the ill-fated Constellation Program.
President Barack Obama proposes cancelling Constellation’s Ares rockets and replacing them with new generation boosters that are more affordable to build and fly.
Many members of Congress, [...]
If Space Florida President Frank DiBello is right, a local Florida car company, using NASA-developed technology, could be a major new high-tech employer on the Space Coast, producing innovative cars that are ultra-efficient, environmentally-friendly and affordable.
Avera Motors, a spinoff of Rockledge-based Mainstream Engineering Corp., aims to develop a high-performance vehicle that — in the company’s [...]
WASHINGTON — The war of words over President Barack Obama’s new plan for NASA continued this week when more than 50 ex-astronauts, aerospace businessmen and scientists signed a letter supporting his proposal to replace the space shuttle with commercial rockets.
The 10-page letter, addressed to Congress and endorsed by former NASA science chief Alan Stern and [...]
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama visited Kennedy Space Center in April, he pledged $40 million to help aerospace workers in Florida find new jobs after the space shuttle fleet completes its final mission, now scheduled for later this year.
But the gesture didn’t sit well in other states with NASA centers — particularly Texas and [...]