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Month: July 2017
Growing Hints That Russia Might Sanction NASA?
Growing Hints That Russia Might Sanction NASA?

Russian official on new US sanctions and NASA: “Nothing lasts forever” “However, Russia’s chief space official, Dmitry Rogozin, warned Saturday that such a situation may not be tolerable forever. “They (the United States) have an interesting approach, they try not to harm areas in which they are interested,” he said in a television interview. “They say that ‘space is outside politics.’ We take the ‘space is outside politics’ slogan into […]

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  • July 31, 2017
NASA Is Picking Older Astronauts Who Leave Earlier
NASA Is Picking Older Astronauts Who Leave Earlier

Analysis of age as a factor in NASA astronaut selection and career landmarks, PLoS One “NASA’s periodic selection of astronauts is a highly selective process accepting applications from the general population, wherein the mechanics of selection are not made public. This research was an effort to determine if biases (specifically age) exist in the process and, if so, at which points they might manifest … the most striking observation was […]

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  • July 31, 2017
Is TrumpSpace Just Another Journey To Nowhere?
Is TrumpSpace Just Another Journey To Nowhere?

Will Trump get a man to Mars?, Politico “Even Trump’s space policy adviser for his campaign and transition says getting a man or woman on the face of Mars by 2024 is virtually impossible. “I don’t think you’ll get there [to Mars],” former Pennsylvania Rep. Bob Walker said in an interview about the possibilities under the Trump White House. “I do think that we will probably have a flight to […]

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  • July 28, 2017
NASA Wants You To Know Crew on EM-1 Is Doable – Just Send Money
NASA Wants You To Know Crew on EM-1 Is Doable – Just Send Money

NASA Internal Memo: EM-1 Crew Study Results Summary “NASA determined it was feasible to fly crew on EM-1. However, in the balancing of the cost, schedule, and technical risks, and the fact this is a long-term exploration program, it was determined that the current baseline program was the better long-term solution. The study was beneficial and has improved NASA’s overall planning for SLS, Orion, and ground systems. Given the decision […]

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  • July 28, 2017
Soyuz MS-05 Launched to the ISS
Soyuz MS-05 Launched to the ISS

Soyuz Launches to the International Space Station With Expedition 52/53 Crew (With video) “About four minutes prior to launch, the space station flew over the launch site and was flying about 250 miles above south central Russia, just over the northeast border of Kazakhstan, at the time of launch. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) are now safely in orbit.” […]

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  • July 28, 2017
Podcast with Bob Richards of Moon Express
Podcast with Bob Richards of Moon Express

Mission Approved – Bob Richards on the Moon Express Plan to Commercialize the Moon, SpaceQ “Moon Express has raised $45 million(US), built hardware, tested some of it, and gotten the FAA and other government agencies to approve of its first commercial mission to the moon, and in less than a year might have its first spacecraft on the moon.” “In this episode of the SpaceQ podcast Bob Richards, CEO and […]

  • NASA Watch
  • July 27, 2017
NASA Is Doing Something To The GISS Website

#NASA says "GISS websites may be unavailable due to network reconfiguration"Does this mean data will be removed? https://t.co/7VmNwzWtln pic.twitter.com/7FMfNKsK9F — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 26, 2017

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  • July 26, 2017
Starship Precursors Conduct Orbital Test Flight
Starship Precursors Conduct Orbital Test Flight

In Quest to Reach Alpha Centauri, Breakthrough Starshot Launches World’s Smallest Spacecraft “Breakthrough Starshot, a multi-faceted program to develop and launch practical interstellar space missions, successfully flew its first spacecraft — the smallest ever launched. On June 23, a number of prototype “Sprites” – the world’s smallest fully functional space probes, built on a single circuit board — achieved Low Earth Orbit, piggybacking on OHB System AG’s ‘Max Valier’ and […]

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  • July 26, 2017
Senate Gives NASA More Money Than Trump Did
Senate Gives NASA More Money Than Trump Did

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves $19.5 Billion for NASA, SpacePolicyOnline “The Senate Appropriations Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee approved $19.5 billion for NASA in FY2018 according to a committee press release. The figure was rounded, but the press release also said it is $437 million more than President Trump requested and $124 million less than FY2017. That would make $19.529 billion a more precise figure. The request was $19.092 billion. NASA’s FY2017 funding […]

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  • July 25, 2017