11 November 2004: OSTP: Notice of Release of Appendix 3 To Draft Strategic Plan for U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System and Extension of Public Comment PeriodSUMMARY: This notice announces the […]
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More Space Prizes
Rules outlined for $50-million space prize, Nature“The prize will be awarded to a craft that can take a crew of at least five people to an altitude of 400 kilometres, […]
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Gee, What a Coincidence
9 November 2004: Futron Launcher Study Ranks ILS’ Atlas & Proton as Best, ILS Editor’s note: No mention is made in this press release of who actually sponsored this study […]
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Orbital Demands Story Retraction
10 November 2004: Update: NASA Watch and SpaceRef have come to an amicable resolution to this issue with Orbital – one wherein the threat of legal action has been avoided […]
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White House on Space
9 November 2004: Excerpt From White House Press Briefing on The President’s Space Policy“MR. McCLELLAN: It’s reflected in our budget and I think it will be reflected in our upcoming […]
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Budget Battle Resumes
10 November 2004: AIP FYI #145: First Things First: Congress Attempts to Wrap-Up FY 2005 Budget Bills, AIP“The FY 2005 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies bill is very problematic. In […]
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Stonewalling at Orbital Sciences
9 November 2004: A DART Near Miss: Infighting at Orbital – and Deceiving NASA, SpaceRef“On Monday NASA issued a curiously short press release stating “The launch of NASA’s DART spacecraft […]
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NASA Gets Last Minute Jitters about DART
8 November 2004: NASA’S DART Launch Postponed, NASA“The launch of NASA’s DART spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL scheduled for Tuesday is postponed. A review of projected loads data, […]
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman to Announce CEV Teaming Agreement
Editor’s note: Tomorrow morning (9 November) Northrop Grumman and Boeing will announce that they have entered into a teaming arrangement with regard to building hardware for NASA’s new exploration programs […]
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Spacehab Takes NASA to Court
8 November 2004: Spacehab Files Tort Claim For Losses on Space Shuttle Mission“Spacehab today announced that it has filed a formal claim against NASA under the Federal Tort Claims Act […]