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Why Is CASIS Making Itself Disappear?

By Keith Cowing
January 29, 2019
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Why Is CASIS Making Itself Disappear?
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According to a press release the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory will host its annual Public Board of Directors Meeting in Washington, D.C.
The press release ends you to this link: https://www.issnationallab.org where you see “(ISS) U.S. National Laboratory” at the top of the page. If you scroll down to the bottom you see “THE ISS NATIONAL LAB IS MANAGED BY THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT FOR SCIENCE IN SPACE, UNDER AGREEMENT WITH NASA. © COPYRIGHT 2011-2019 THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN SPACE, INC.”

This is not a “International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory” board meeting. There is no non-profit organization in existence by that name. There is a non-profit named CASIS – “The Center for the Advancement for Science in Space” – and this is their annual public meeting. But they don’t tell you that. The officers listed in this news release and on the agenda are officers for CASIS not for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory. Oh yes: did I miss something? When was it announced that the ISS National Laboratory has a board of directors?

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