NASA Head Jim Bridenstine Claps Back At Curry, TMZ “Enter Bridenstine … who says Curry’s claim is so outrageous — the point guard just cannot be serious. “I think it’s […]
2018
Posted inCommercialization
About That New Orion Span Space Station …
Went to the @OrionSpan link posted by @FrankBunger. It says It says "we have approximately $998.86 in cash on hand as of 9/30/2018". No launcher identified. No design. No staff. […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
NASA's Solution To Operating A Human Facility Like Gateway: Droids.
NAC member asks about 60-90 day/yr visits to Gateway. Gerst's answer is to add AI to let robots do things. That's the solution: robots operating a human-capable facility that replicates […]
Posted inChina
Boeing Has No Idea Who Is Buying Their Satellites. Or Do They?
Boeing Was Going to Build Satellites for a China-Funded Firm. Why It Just Backed Out of the Deal, Fortune “Boeing has canceled a deal to build a communications satellite — […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
NASA's Advisors Struggle With Gateway Selling Points
Keith’s note: The NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Committee is having problems trying to explain why NASA needs to build the Gateway. If they can’t figure out why […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
The Asymptotic Path Back To The Moon
Keith’s note: This comment was posted in response to this NASAWatch post. I hear this a lot – sadly with increasing frequency. “This (below) was written on FACEBOOK this week. […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Doesn't Want To Talk About A Messy Dragon
A SpaceX Delivery Capsule May Be Contaminating The ISS, Wired “Part of the problem here, though, is NASA’s reluctance to talk about both the problem and the plans to fix […]
Posted inCulture
NASA's Administrator Uses Technology Better Than The Space Industry Does
Keith’s note: There is yet another space policy event in Washington, DC today aimed at another session of choir practice in an echo chamber by the proverbial usual suspects in […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceX Places A Dragon In Orbit – And Lands In The Water
This is the booster's POV – watch the right grid fin pic.twitter.com/xMFpF0aoT5 — Scott Manley (@DJSnM) December 5, 2018 Tracking shot of Falcon water landing pic.twitter.com/6Hv2aZhLjM — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
NASA Is Not Going To Get Many More Chances
Want to honor George H.W. Bush? Send astronauts to Mars, Washington Post “The new president was offering NASA, which at the time lacked a clear mission for its human spaceflight […]