Will Facilitate Flights By Teachers, Students, Researchers, And
Companies
As the commercial spaceflight industry prepares for its first
commercial launches, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation is
announcing the creation of a new coalition to bring suborbital
spaceflight to students, teachers, researchers, and companies
across the country. The passage of legislation to ensure a stable
regulatory climate for commercial spaceflight was the starting gun,
and regular commercial service is expected within two years.
Glenn, Carpenter To Participate In Events At KSC In
Florida
In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy
Space Center in Florida will host several events February 17 and 18
with some of the country's first space travelers.
One Of The More Unpleasant (And Often Pointless) Tasks In Flying IFR Has Never Been Simpler
So... a few months ago, we had the chance to sit back in awe at the expertise already displayed by one of the Avidyne R9 glass panel's most passionate advocates... and users.
Says Companies Are Already Starting To Downsize Anticipating
Austerity Budgets
In a statement released shortly after the President rolled out
his FY2013 budget outline, AIA president Marion Blakey released a
statement calling the budget a "direct hit" on American aerospace
and defense workers. She says the result of the approximately $487
billion, ten-year cut to the defense budget alone, buying power to
procure technologies that fuel U.S. military strength will be
reduced in 2013 by approximately $20 billion.
Includes $4 Billion For Human Exploration Operations
As President Obama was releasing his proposed budget for FY2013,
NASA was rolling out its budget request for the fiscal year which
will begin October 1. The agency says in a news release that,
despite a "constrained" fiscal environment, the NASA FY13 budget
"continues to implement the space science and exploration program
agreed to by President Obama and a bipartisan majority in
Congress."
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