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NASA Chief Thanks Obama for Helping With Soyuz Waiver

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin credited Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for spurring Congress to action on legislation allowing the U.S. space agency to buy the Russian Soyuz flights its needs to send astronauts to the international space station beyond 2011.

Blog Buzz: Election Predictions Give Barack Obama the Win, Rep. Jerrold Nadler on Obama's Courage, Controversy Over Coal Industry

The day before the election, bloggers make their final predictions and analyses about the showdown between Barack Obama and John McCain. Liberal bloggers say the polls have no good news for McCain and think that if McCain manages to win, "it will produce the largest demolition of the public opinion research profession since Dewey and Truman." Bloggers at the New Republic say that even though Pennsylvania and Virginia have tightened slightly, there are more than enough reasons why Obama supporters don't need to worry about a thing. Chris Cillizza has his final electoral map, putting Obama at 319 electoral votes and McCain at 219. One conservative blogger predicts McCain will win a "squeaker" against Obama, but another gives it to Obama, 318 electoral votes to 220.

Obama Backs NASA Waiver, Possible Shuttle Extension

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is urging Congress to take several steps to ensure the United States can continue to access the international space station beyond 2011.

Blog Buzz: Pew Poll Shows Barack Obama Leads Among Early Voters, Obama's Changing Tax Plan, McCain Adviser Says Sarah Palin Is a "Whack Job"

A Pew Research poll released today shows Barack Obama leading by 19 percent among those who have already voted. Liberal bloggers are fairly confident that these results guarantee an Obama victory on Tuesday. A centrist blogger says the numbers should "scare John McCain." Most notable is that Obama has a narrow lead in 10 battleground states that voted for George W. Bush in 2004. The only questions remaining—who are the undecideds and who will they vote for? While Obama fans may think their guy has it locked up, a conservative blogger has seven reasons why a McCain-Palin win is a sure thing.

Blog Buzz: Controversy Over Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Is 'of Course' Not Ready to Be President, Obama Ousts Dissenting Reporters

Liberal and conservative bloggers continue to spar over the issue of Barack Obama's relationship with Rashid Khalidi, a professor at Columbia University and an advocate for Palestinian rights. Also at issue is a video that the Los Angeles Times will not release that shows Obama at a party celebrating Palestinian culture that was held in Khalidi's honor. Conservative bloggers say that it's "very suspicious" that the Times, which is "in da tank," will not publish the video of Obama at an "Israel-bashing dinner." A blogger at National Review Online says while John McCain has had "dalliances" with Khalidi, they don't compare to the "depth of relationship" that Obama has with the scholar. Liberal bloggers are disgusted by McCain, who has made the relationship an issue in the campaign, saying that in his desperation he has stooped to "McCarthyi

Obama Launches Change.gov

mallumax writes "Obama has launched Change.gov. According to the site 'Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama Administration will reflect an essential lesson from the success of the Obama campaign: that people united around a common purpose can achieve great things.' The site is extensive and contains Obama's agenda for economy and education among many others.They first define the problem and then lay out the plan. Everything is in simple english without a trace of washington speak. The site also has details about the transition. According to many sources Obama's transition efforts started months ago.

NASA Tests Deep-Space Network Modeled On the Internet

hcg50a writes "NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth. The store-and-forward protocol was designed by NASA in consultation with Vint Cerf. Here's a discussion from last July before the test began."

Blog Buzz: Barack Obama's Ad Spending, John McCain and Voter Fraud, Debate Over Rev. Jeremiah Wright

A Politico article on how Barack Obama is "drowning" John McCain in terms of TV ads has bloggers saying "yowza" about the massive ad advantage the Democratic candidate has gained recently. (For example, in the Washington, D.C., market in the first three weeks of September, Obama ran 1,342 TV spots to McCain's eight.) "Shocking" numbers like the $32 million Obama spent in battleground states between September 30 and October 6 are the reason he decided to forgo public financing, says Political Animal. Chris Cillizza explains how Obama's fundraising has allowed him to "alter the traditional red state/blue state divide." Noam Scheiber at the New Republic wonders when Obama will announce his record-setting September money total.

Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign

narcberry writes "After complaints of one-sided reporting, the Washington Post checked their own articles and agreed. Obama was clearly favored, throughout his campaign, in terms of more favorable articles, less criticism, better page real-estate, more pictures, and total disregard for problems such as his drug use. 'Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Reporters, photographers and editors found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already well known and had more scars from his longer career in politics. The number of Obama stories since Nov. 11 was 946, compared with McCain's 786.

Google's Schmidt aiming for Obama CTO role?

While Gen. Colin Powell's endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama received the lion's share of the press this weekend, Obama racked up another endorsement almost as telling, that of Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The Wall St. Journal reports that Schmidt is personally endorsing Obama (Google itself remains "neutral") and will be hitting the campaign trail with the candidate this week in Florida. The endorsement isn't a huge surprise, as Schmidt has been advising Obama on technology policy, and specifically clean energy, for a while now. But the move has observers wondering: is Schmidt gunning for the CTO post in the Obama administration?

Barack Obama Transition Watch, Al Qaeda's Anti-Obama Message, Automakers Fly to Washington in Private Jets

The Barack Obama transition watch heats up today with the news that Obama has tapped Eric Holder, deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, for attorney general. Liberal bloggers call it a "positive step" and say he'll be good for the Justice Department. A conservative blogger brings up a presidential pardon scandal he was involved in, but Marc Ambinder says that in "Obama's Washington," Holder's error in judgment from 8½ years ago "isn't close to being a disqualifier." In other transition news, bloggers continue to debate whether Hillary Clinton is the right choice for secretary of state or whether someone else might be a better pick. Chris Cillizza explains why Hillary can't decide whether or not she wants the post—if she doesn't, it looks as if she already has another position lined up.

Reflections of NASA at 50

NASA turns 50 years old today. On Oct. 1, 1958 the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) officially became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "It was a relatively easy transition," said Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong in a rare public appearance commemorating NASA's anniversary. "We were already riding on rockets and research aircraft…We had merely to paint over the "C" in NACA and replace it with an "S" on our airplanes, our trucks and vans." But beyond those cosmetic changes, what has NASA meant to the average citizen, the US and the world?

NASA-TV Streams HD Film to Celebrate 50 Years in Space

50 years ago this month NASA rocketed into existence, and to celebrate this fact NASA-TV is streaming its special retrospective show "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" in HD format today at 1pm and 8pm EDT (and again tomorrow at 10am and 2pm). Check it out: it's presented by none other than Neil Armstrong, and it'll remind you how frickin' astonishing the achievements of the Agency are, despite its recent rockety woes. [NASA-TV]

NASA to Discuss Hubble Anomaly and Servicing Mission Launch Delay

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth. Fixing the problem will delay next month's space shuttle Atlantis' Hubble servicing mission. The briefing participants are: - Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington - John Shannon, Shuttle Program manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston - Preston Burch, Hubble manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the U.S. should call 1-800-369-6087 and use the pass code Hubble.

NASA Updates Time for Space Shuttle Atlantis' Roll from Launch Pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to 7 a.m. EDT. Atlantis is expected to be in the Vehicle Assembly Building by about 2 p.m. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) NASA Television will provide live coverage of Atlantis' move off the pad beginning Monday at 6:30 a.m. Video highlights of the rollback will air on NASA TV Video File. Media are invited to a photo opportunity of the shuttle's move from the pad at 7 a.m. Monday, and must arrive at Kennedy's News Center by 6 a.m. for transportation to the viewing area.

NASA successfully tests deep space 'Internet'

NASA successfully tested first deep space communications network modeled on Internet by transmitting dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft.NASA successfully tested first deep space communications network modeled on Internet by transmitting dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft.

Obama, McCain Campaigns Both Hacked, Files Compromised

dunezone writes "As the election ends, news is coming out from both campaigns on what happened behind closed doors. During the summer, the Obama campaign had their systems hacked, but so did McCain — and not by each other, but bya third party. '... both the FBI and the Secret Service came to the campaign with an ominous warning: "You have a problem way bigger than what you understand," an agent told Obama's team. "You have been compromised, and a serious amount of files have been loaded off your system." The following day, Obama campaign chief David Plouffe heard from White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, to the same effect: "You have a real problem ... and you have to deal with it." The Feds told Obama's aides in late August that the McCain campaign's computer system had been similarly compromised.

NASA tests deep space Internet' successfully

New York, Nov 19 (PTI) The US space agency NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.

50 Consumer Technologies Developed by NASA in the Last 50 Years

Every year NASA publishes a new edition of their Spinoff magazine, a periodical that outlines NASA-based technologies that have disseminated into everyday devices, improving our lives beyond giving us some nifty new desktop wallpapers. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Spinoff, and to celebrate, NASA has created a "best of" list (that we pasted after the jump). From the aerodynamic principles applied to tractor trailers to advanced imaging techniques that allow 360-degree Real Estate photo tours, NASA demonstrates that their technological breakthroughs are about more than just sticking an American flag on the moon.

Ad Roundup: John McCain's Ads Get Personal, Barack Obama Hits McCain on Healthcare, Mortgage Plans

This week's political ads covered a range of issues, from Barack Obama's connection with the Weather Underground's Bill Ayers to John McCain's support of veterans to Obama's position on gun rights. McCain's ads reflected his new strategy of focusing on Obama's character instead of the economy, while Obama's ads focused on McCain's latest proposals for healthcare and home mortgages.

Google CEO Wants to Be President Obama's Tech Chief

Did you know? Besides sitting on Apple's board of directors, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been an informal adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In fact, he lurves Obama so much that's he not just going to endorse him (shock, right?) he's going to actually campaign for him next week. And not just 'cause Obama might be good for business! No, he says he's "doing this personally." Very possibly because he wants to be the nation's very first Chief Technology Officer, a position Obama said he would create last year—maybe not-so-coincidentally right before he paid his first visit to Google!

Obsidian Strategics Delivering a Trans-Continental Encrypted InfiniBand Link For NASA

AMES, Iowa - (Business Wire) Obsidian Strategics™ Inc., the developer of Longbow™, a series of InfiniBand products featuring range-extension, routing and encryption, today announced that NASA will be the first to evaluate the new Longbow E series by connecting NASA Ames Research Center (California) with NASA Goddard (Maryland).

NASA chief Michael Griffin wants to keep job under Obama

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said Thursday that he would like to continue serving under President-elect Barack Obama -- but doesn't expect to be asked.

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