Space Exploration
August 26th, 2011
Back in April, Obama-appointed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that Houston would not receive one of the four retiring space shuttle orbiters. Despite Houston's legacy and prominent role in human space flight,...
July 8th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the launch of Atlantis, the final mission of the U.S. shuttle program:Today’s launch represents a bittersweet milestone for the 30 year-old U.S. program. While many of us are...
September 27th, 2010
Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman is set to be appointed by the U.N. as Space ambassador. According to Telegraph.co.uk:Aliens who landed on earth and asked: “Take me to your leader” would be directed to Mrs Othman.
July 21st, 2011
Today, I issued this statement after the landing of Atlantis, marking the final mission of the U.S. shuttle program.Today’s final shuttle landing is a bittersweet milestone for human spaceflight. Texans should take pride in...
April 25th, 2011
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently announced that Houston will not receive one of the retiring space shuttle orbiters. It is sad and unfortunate that politics played such an obvious role in what should have been a...
April 19th, 2010
American astronauts are blasting President Obama’s decision to discontinue the space shuttle program and jettison funding for the NASA space program.Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan, and Eugene Lovell wrote an open letter