How Commercial Companies Are Advancing Space Exploration, Newsy “He says, ‘I want to die on Mars, just not on impact,’” editor for Spaceref.com Keith Cowing said. “I’ve known Elon forever, for like 20 years. I met him when he was actually a kid and I was a lot younger with less gray hair. So, for him to do this doesn’t surprise me. He’s always just been as awed by this […]
Revised budget reconciliation package reduces NASA infrastructure funds, Space News “A new, scaled-back version of a spending package released Oct. 28 sharply reduced the money allocated to NASA infrastructure and climate change projects, while continuing to exclude funding for a second Artemis lunar lander. … The revised Build Back Better Act, like earlier versions of the budget reconciliation package, included nothing for the future development of lunar landers for the […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 October 2021: Heading Back To Untersee Oasis “While at Untersee Oasis, we will continue our studies of Lake Untersee and it’s stunningly beautiful and interesting ecosystem. This year we will again be diving beneath its thick, 3.5 m perennial ice-cover to make observations and collect samples to depths of ~30 m.”
Exploration Production and Operations Long-Term Sustainability, NASA “The primary goals enabling this vision include 1) moving ESD programmatic implementation to a construct in which industry owns vehicle production and the flight hardware, and leads the ground operations services, 2) production, operations, and maintenance costs at a substantial savings of 50% or more off of the current industry baseline per flight cost with a flight rate of one crewed flight and […]
Keith’s note: The official Twitter account for NASA SMD’s Astrobiology program @NASAAstrobio posted several tweets earlier today about a Astrobiology paper – and then deleted the tweets. Then they reposted the tweets. Today’s NASA article refers to a NASA-authored paper “Call For A Framework For Reporting Evidence For Life Beyond Earth”. FYI this paper has actually been openly available since 23 July 2021 on on arXiv and is still online. […]
Keith’s note: This is going to be a real paradigm shift – and big (old) aerospace is not ready for it – and NASA has no idea whatsoever as to how it should respond. Gateway to Mars pic.twitter.com/cej13QdyJP — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 23, 2021
#NASA advisory panels are usually jaded insiders & political picks – the usual suspects. No new ideas allowed. There's still time for you to change that. Nominate someone or yourself for the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group. Last day is 29 Oct https://t.co/s5ZpQlIgij pic.twitter.com/Ek6vhE1vj0 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 26, 2021
New Orbital Destination Opens Up Space For Business And Travel, Creating New Ecosystem “Blue Origin and Sierra Space today announced plans for Orbital Reef, a commercially developed, owned, and operated space station to be built in low Earth orbit. The station will open the next chapter of human space exploration and development by facilitating the growth of a vibrant ecosystem and business model for the future. Orbital Reef is backed […]
Hmm @DittmarML just said @Axiom_Space is the only company to develop a commercial space station without government funding. What about that $140 million NASA gave them? See https://t.co/pFygWiDNOq Oh yes what about the Starlab station that Nanoracks announced this morning? pic.twitter.com/XzJXw3l627 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 21, 2021 Mary Lynne Dittmar Testimony – Hearing: International Collaboration and Competition in Space: Oversight of NASA’s Role and Programs “Axiom is the first […]
Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Teaming to Develop Commercial Space Station, Nanoracks “Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever free flying commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical research, fostering industrial activity, and ensuring continued U.S. presence and leadership in low-Earth orbit. Starlab is […]