Today @NASA Dep Admin Jim Morhard @jmorhard said "The Gateway is not the ISS. If ISS was a Marriott hotel then Gateway would be a pup tent." OK. If Gateway is going to be a pup tent in 2024 then what is the @SpaceX #Starship which is aiming for a 2022 landing? The Denver airport? pic.twitter.com/E9N6P5Du5D — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 31, 2019
NASA shares details of lunar surface missions–and they’re pretty cool “One of the limitations on returning samples is the Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts back from lunar orbit to Earth. Chavers said the Orion spacecraft does not have any designated space for a box of sample rocks taken from the lunar surface. “We just don’t know what the capability will be,” Chavers said of bringing rocks back to Earth […]
This chart by Marshall Smith resoundingly proves one sad fact about @NASA & human exploration: #NASA is far better at generating studies & reports than it is at creating exploration hardware & conducting actual missions. This is unlikely to change any time soon #Artemis #Moon2024 pic.twitter.com/E7ocRZ8ZPT — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 30, 2019
According to Marshall Smith from @NASA the Gateway is not a space station its a spacecraft. Well, by definition, all space stations are space craft – they have propulsion. BTW the Gateway Spacecraft looks like the Mir Space Station. Just sayin' #Artemis #Moon2024 pic.twitter.com/o6sP5d52D2 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 29, 2019 At Users Advisory Group meeting today Marshall Smith Acting Dep Assoc Administrator @NASA Human Lunar Exploration Programs told participants […]
Rock Climbing Destination Seneca Rocks, West Virginia Viewed By A Climber In Space, SpaceRef “Christina H Koch @Astro_Christina “The famous knife edge of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, from the @Space_Station. This rock formation is where I first learned traditional lead-style rock climbing and gained the confidence and teamwork skills that I continue to rely on every day.” Taking In The View From Wharton Ridge, SpaceRef “Bob was an astrobiologist before […]
NASA should shed lesser priorities to achieve a 2024 moon landing, Op Ed, Doug Cooke “NASA should focus major new development on an integrated lander/ascent vehicle launched on an SLS 1B. With Orion launched on a separate SLS, the lunar landing would be achieved with these two flights, and at most one commercial launch with additional fuel. This is a much simpler approach with a significantly higher probability of success.” […]
The #AllWomanSpacewalk made it to @nbcsnl #SNL again pic.twitter.com/Xr2mv5BVXj — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 27, 2019 More free PR for @NASA on @nbcsnl #SNL – "Space Mistakes" https://t.co/LVBNDhjtUq — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 28, 2019
Mars InSight’s Mole Has Partially Backed Out of Its Hole “After making progress over the past several weeks digging into the surface of Mars, InSight’s mole has backed about halfway out of its hole this past weekend. Preliminary assessments point to unusual soil conditions on the Red Planet. The international mission team is developing the next steps to get it buried again. A scoop on the end of the arm […]
Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor, Nature “Our Sycamore processor takes about 200 seconds to sample one instance of a quantum circuit a million times–our benchmarks currently indicate that the equivalent task for a state-of-the-art classical supercomputer would take approximately 10,000 years. This dramatic increase in speed compared to all known classical algorithms is an experimental realization of quantum supremacy for this specific computational task, heralding a much-anticipated computing […]
Message from the NASA Administrator: NASA Strategic Alignment, NASA “There continues to be a requirement for greater coordination in the Agency to ensure alignment with the Office of the Administrator given the increasingly diverse and growing interests and capabilities in space and aeronautics, and in light of the President’s major exploration campaign. Last November, I named Tom Cremins as the Associate Administrator for Strategic Engagement and Assessments to put a […]