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Plans to expand space program create hope for a bigger Colorado role (VIDEO)
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WASHINGTON — Federal officials laid out a plan to expand commercial space travel before U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and other lawmakers Wednesday while Colorado political leaders try to position the state to benefit from growing opportunities in the final frontier. Potentially most important for Colorado was a plan for managing space traffic described at a…
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NASA spacecraft built near Denver arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitor
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 12 miles of the diamond-shaped space rock. It will get even closer in the days ahead and go into orbit around Bennu on Dec.…
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2 Colorado companies among 9 to compete for next moon landing
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – America’s next moon landing will be made by private companies – not NASA. And two Colorado companies will compete to fly the mission. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday that nine U.S. companies will compete in delivering experiments to the lunar surface. Bridenstine says NASA will buy the service and let…
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Colorado is helping NASA get its mojo back
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By Roger Highfield and James Langford, Washington Examiner While standing before a group of astronauts in the White House last December, President Donald Trump signed the first of three space policy directives that marked an important step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. “This time, we will not…
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‘Methane rule’ for oil and gas is a safeguard for Coloradans’ health
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Waste and Prevention Rule is the epitome of common sense. It requires oil and gas companies that maintain operations on tribal and federal public lands – land that is technically owned by the nation’s taxpayers – to use modern and cost-effective technologies to cut waste. This includes stopping leaks…
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BIDLACK | Proposed cuts in space exploration are penny-wise, pound-foolish
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Did you know that Colorado is a nuclear power? OK, that may be overstating it a bit, but did you at least know that it is home to a number of intercontinental ballistic missiles? It’s not a secret, it’s the 321st Strategic Missile Squadron, based out of F.E. Warren Air Force Base up the road in…
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VP Mike Pence to speak next month in Colorado Springs at Space Symposium
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Vice President Mike Pence will speak at a symposium for people in the space race next month in Colorado Springs, as the White House takes a slimmer view of NASA’s budget. Pence will give a noontime address as part of the April 16 opening ceremony for the 34th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor resort. The…
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Staff picks: The 5 biggest stories of the week in Colorado Politics
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From outer space to Darryl Glenn, there were plenty of fireworks in Colorado Politics last week. Our staff sized reservoirs, renewable energy and a variety of political maneuvers while others took the week off. From a crowded field of contenders, these are the stories we think you’ll be talking about for weeks to come. …
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YESTERYEAR: Astronaut turned would-be Colorado congressman memorialized
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … A statue of Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut, was unveiled in Washington D.C., memorializing the fallen Coloradan in Statuary Hall. Swigert died from cancer in 1982 just days before he was to be sworn in as Colorado’s first elected Congressman from the newly created 6th…
