NASA has released two white papers associated with the agency’s Moon to Mars architecture efforts. The papers, one on lunar mobility drivers and needs, and one on lunar surface cargo, detail NASA’s latest thinking on specific areas of its lunar exploration strategy. While NASA has established a yearly cadence of releasing new documents associated with its Moon to...
A team of seven NASA Kennedy employees was recognized by the White House for charging ahead with the expansion of the agency’s sustainable electric vehicle (EV) fleet at Kennedy Space Center. They did so at minimal cost to taxpayers while also offering zero emission EV charging for any workers and visitors willing to pay out of their pocket for the service. The...
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Nadia joined U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, fellow survivors, and experts at the White House to call for more robust accountability mechanisms and survivor-centered approaches in the fight to end conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Referencing the UN Secretary-General’s recent...
Following their safe arrival at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will participate in a pair of Earth to space calls Monday, June 10, regarding their historic mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft: Known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the duo will speak first at 1 p.m. EDT with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson...
Hoping to jump-start the debate on climate change, a group of high-profile Republicans that includes three former Cabinet secretaries is calling for a substantial new carbon tax, and then to offset the pain higher prices cause the middle class by returning all money raised to American taxpayers. The plan, set to be released in Washington, includes a direct challenge...
When the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the Moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module contributed by ESA (European Space Agency) to make the journey. The service module provides electrical power generation, propulsion, temperature control, and consumable storage for Orion, up to the moment it separates from the crew module prior...
National Academy of Public Administration Releases White Paper on Governance Challenges and Solutions Report Details Findings of 2017 “Governing Across The Divide” Forums Post Date: December 14, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Academy of Public Administration today released a new white paper, Governing Across The Divide: Four Best Practices for Intergovernmental...
National Academy of Public Administration Panel Releases White Paper On Strengthening Organizational Health and Performance in Government Post Date: January 29, 2018 Paper Makes Recommendations For New Management Improvement Approach. WASHINGTON, D.C. – A panel of experts at the National Academy of Public Administration today released a new white paper, Strengthening...
This story is a part of pop justice, Scalawag’s newsletter exploring the intersection of popular culture and justice—namely through abolition. Sign up here. As a rule, I do not watch shows about Hawai`i. Or at least, I try not to. Too often, shows about my home produced by mainstream media are whitewashed and made to serve neocolonialism—portraying Hawai`i as...
Author’s Note: This piece was originally set to be published elsewhere in February, until it was killed by shifting editorial priorities in the wake of the coronavirus. Now food media publications are talking that Black Lives Matter shit. Don’t forget that where the media operates in news cycles, their allegiance is to the moment, not change. The language...