‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill

‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill
‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill

COLORADO SPRINGS: Declaring the words in the headline, a junior congressman from Oklahoma who has stepped into a void of space leadership in the House, Rep. James Bridenstine, boldly told a jaded audience of senior space officials, diplomats, enthusiasts and the aerospace industry today that America “must forever be the preeminent spacefaring nation.” Bridenstine unveiled his American…

HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management

HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management
HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management

CAPITOL HILL: The short view: Congressman slams Air Force for weather satellite fiasco. Long view: Congress, White House, Air Force, NASA, Commerce Department have all screwed up US weather satellite programs. “We could have saved the Air Force and the Congress a lot of aggravation if we put a half of a billion dollars in…

Russia Drives HASC StratForces Markup: Weather Sats, RD-180

Russia Drives HASC StratForces Markup: Weather Sats, RD-180
Russia Drives HASC StratForces Markup: Weather Sats, RD-180

UPDATED: Lamborn Amendment passes CAPITOL HILL: Concern about the increasingly grumpy Russian bear drives much of this year’s Strategic Forces subcommittee mark-up, from space launch rockets to nuclear warheads. But Rep. Doug Lamborn doesn’t think the draft language does enough about the resurgent threat of Russia or the rising threat of China. So when the subcommittee…

Satellite Program Kill Could Leave U.S. Bereft of Crucial Weather Data

UPDATED: Washington: Northrop Grumman knows the Defense Weather Satellite System neck is stretched out beneath the Pentagon budget cutters ax. Advocates like defense consultant Loren Thompson are rushing out to defend it. The Air Force is getting ready to kill the satellite program, which is a stepchild of the late unlamented (except by Northrop) NPOESS…