Friday, July 10, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY : M09-124 Media Invited to Attend NASA Advisory Meeting in Washington

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQM09-124_NASA_Advisory_Meeting.html

WASHINGTON -- The NASA Advisory Council will meet in the Columbia Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Capitol on July 16, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. This daylong meeting is open to journalists and the public.

Following opening remarks from council chairman Kenneth Ford, NASA's acting Administrator Christopher Scolese will speak with the council. Gen. Lester Lyles will brief the council on a recently completed study by the National Academies entitled, "Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program." Chairman of the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee Norman Augustine will provide an update about his committee's work.

The NASA Advisory Council also will discuss and deliberate on the NASA activities being reviewed by the exploration, science, aeronautics, space operations, human capital, and audit and finance committees.

For more information about NASA's Advisory Council and the meeting's
agenda, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nac

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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The Press will be there. Keep an ear open as to what they are told.
It is up, up, and away we go, --- for just a few more gold coins, please.
- LRK -

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On Thursday, June 18, the NAC Chairman and its Audit & Finance
Committee Chairman testified at the hearing entitled, “External
Perspectives on the FY 2010 NASA Budget Request and Related Issues.”
To access the hearing charter and witness testimonies, please click on
the link below.
› View site - http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2493

NAC Testimony:
Dr. Kenneth M. Ford
› View PDF -
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/361390main_NAC%20Chairman-KenFord%27sTestimony,%206-18-09-1.pdf

Mr. Robert Hanisee
› View PDF -
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/361391main_NAC_A-f_%20Hanissee_Testimony_%206-18-09.pdf
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The NAC has already spoken to Congress and now the Press will get a
chance to ask questions.

You might like to read the PDF files above.
There is money that hasn't been obligated, that might be lost.

Reminds me of my tour with TACAMO in Guam where as this Aviation Electronics Warrant Officer, acting as the supply officer for the squadron, saved on a couple of $55K items by having a consumable supply stock number changed to the correct repairable supply stock number. The next quarter we lost an equivalent amount of funding because we obviously didn't need as much money since the items were now considered repairable.

So I saved you the tax payer, some money, but I really could have used the money where we were short in other areas. It still cost money to have the items repaired.

You have to watch those bean counters. :-)
- LRK -

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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