NASA offered a blueprint Monday for sending teams of astronauts to the moon by 2020 and building a permanent base there by 2024. An editor of NASA Watch explains the […]
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More NASA Bashing From USA Today
Our view on the return to the moon: NASA, the costly frontier, opinion, USA Today“On a practical level, this project raises a number of obvious questions. Why go back to […]
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AIAA Space Exploration Conference Underway
Editor’s note: The event opened this morning with a lavish (and no doubt expensive) series of videos, a children’s choir (of volunteers), and a military colorguard. Coverage continues below. Shana […]
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A Disposable First Stage for the Ares I ?
NASA To Evaluate Non-recoverable First Stage for Ares I Launch Vehicle, SpaceRef“Some of the people working on the design of NASA’s new Ares I launch vehicle want to delete the […]
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Aviation Week Exclusive: Water Spotted on Surface of Mars
Editor’s note: According to an item first posted by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine: “NASA is ready to announce major new findings about the presence of water currently emerging […]
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Moon Strategy Announced – Minus Cost
NASA: Global Strategy for Exploring Moon Unveiled“NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, who is guiding the long-term strategy development effort among 14 of the world’s space agencies, said, “This strategy will […]
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More Buyouts at LaRC
NASA LaRC Internal Memo: Buyout Approved“As you may know, the Agency has offered Centers the opportunity to participate in a buyout this FY. Langley submitted a plan, and I am […]
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Lunar Architecture Briefing
NASA Exploration Strategy and Lunar Architecture Briefing“NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and senior executives from the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate will host a press conference at 1 p.m. CST Monday, […]
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The Catastrophic Breakdown of Sinosat 2
Sino Setback – Advanced Chinese Space Technology Initiative Is Off To A Disastrous Start, Aviation Week and Space Technology“The catastrophic breakdown of China’s new Sinosat 2 direct broadcast satellite is […]