yg1968

Recent Actions

• Commented on Last Minute Commercial Crew Status Meeting

  Archived video is now available at the link above....

• Commented on Last Minute Commercial Crew Status Meeting

  You don't need to register and the archived video will be available shortly at this link: http://commercialcrew.nasa.gov/page.cfm?ID=32...

• Commented on $325 Million Budget Cut For NASA - Averted

  This cut is not expected to be passed by the Senate tomorrow: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70569_Page2.html "Republicans voted in bloc for this cut but knowing full well in advance it was all for show since no one in the leadership expects it to...

• Commented on Commercial Crew Hearing This Morning

  According to Popular Mechanics, Elon Musk will be testifying in front of Congress this month. I am assuming that it will be at this House hearing. If so, it should be interesting!...

• Commented on Stealth CCDev-2 Announcement? (Update)

  My understanding from what I have read is that there will be no announcement on CCDev-2 until a full year CR is passed by Congress....

• Commented on House Passes S. 3729

  Not that it matters. But the magic number was actually 290 (435*2/3=290) assuming that every Representative would have voted....

• Commented on Bolden Comments at IAC: Not Long For His Job?

  Catchy title. But he just meant that it's important to train young people to eventually replace the older generation. Nothing to see. Move along....

• Commented on Kepler Mess: We Could Certainly Use Carl Sagan Right Now

  I still think this is big news. The June 15th Paper said that the majority of the candidate exoplanets were of the size of Neptune or smaller. His slides says that 150 candidate planets are 2 Earth radii or smaller....

• Commented on The Grand Master of Foot-In-Mouth Speaks

  I am not sure why there is a link to a Media Matters blog. These guys are left-wing nuts. They try to discredit Fox News all day long. That seems to be the only purpose of that angry-left website....

• Commented on Constellation Stakes Are Being Raised

  Keith, Hanley is a smart guy, I seriously doubt that he would say something that stupid (i.e. the "next administration" quote). No offense to your source, Keith, but I really have trouble believing this rumour. Editor's note: that's sources -...

• Commented on Is A Human Space Flight Compromise Emerging?

  Bolden denied this story in today's press conference (April 8, 2010)....

• Commented on Shrinking Budget and No Space Plan puts the Canadian Space Agency in a Bind

  Good article Marc. It's nice to get interesting information on the CSA....

• Commented on (Still) Waiting For Norm [Update]

  Will the audio of the October 8th HSF committee meeting be streamed on the internet (on NASA's website)?...