Keith’s note: I just got this advertising email from Axiom Space titled “The Promise of Human Spaceflight for Investors” bragging about Axiom being featured in lots of high visibility magazines. […]
2017
Posted inSLS and Orion
Its Time For The Semiannual SLS Launch Date Slip
SLS rocket advancing, but its launch date may slip to 2020, Ars Technica “NASA will soon set a new date for the maiden flight of its massive Space Launch System […]
Posted inMilitary Space
GAO Report On Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base
Solid Rocket Motors: DOD and Industry Are Addressing Challenges to Minimize Supply Concerns, GAO “The consolidation in the SRM industrial base has also been accompanied by a decrease of suppliers […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
The Spectrum of Responses To Bridenstine's Nomination
Commentary: Bridenstine wins a Democrat’s support for NASA’s top job, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Orlando Sentinel “Despite our different political parties I am convinced Bridenstine will lead the brilliant scientists, engineers, […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Faith-Based Support For SLS/Orion In Huntsville
Lots of wishful thinking at #VonBraun symposium about future of @NASA_SLS in a world of flat budgets – as costs rise and schedules slip pic.twitter.com/ffVWs2Ygc0 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October […]
Posted inAstronauts
Paul Weitz
Astronaut Paul Weitz Dies at Age 85 – Namesake of Harbor Creek High Stadium, Erie News Now “Likely the most famous graduate of Harborcreek High School, NASA astronaut Paul J. […]
Posted inEarth Science
NASA Is Still Making Blunt Climate Change Statements (Update)
Here's the scientific evidence that #globalwarming #climatechange is real: https://t.co/UgU4KgP5bw pic.twitter.com/7tDVKONlCL — NASA Climate (@NASAClimate) October 20, 2017 Sept 2017 was 4th warmest Sept in 137 years of record-keeping. https://t.co/QubyZeOdxE […]
Posted inAstronomy
NASA Decides To Reduce Cost/Complexity of WFIRST
NASA Internal Memo: Next Steps for WFIRST Program “I have reviewed the findings of the independent review team and have accepted them. As a result, I believe reductions in scope […]
Posted inCommercialization
Yet Another Space Poll Says What Other Space Polls Always Say
Survey: Americans Support Entrepreneurs in Space But Want Improvements on Earth, Brodeur Partners “The new poll of more than 600 Americans’ attitudes toward business in space was conducted earlier this […]
Posted inCommercialization
Blue Origin BE-4 Engine Roars To Life
First hotfire of our BE-4 engine is a success #GradatimFerociter pic.twitter.com/xuotdzfDjF — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) October 19, 2017