NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates, NASA “Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed): August 2018 Boeing Crew Flight Test (crewed): November 2018 SpaceX Demonstration Mission 1 (uncrewed): August 2018 […]
2018
Posted inSafety
Annual ASAP Report Says The Same Stuff It Did Last Year
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2017 Annual Report “The report, released Thursday, is based on the panel’s 2017 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; “insight” visits and meetings; direct observations […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Yet Another WhatWeShouldDoInSpace Study
Make America Great Again in Space Report Released by Potomac Institute “In order to facilitate American leadership in the commercialization and industrialization of space, the federal government must undertake an […]
Posted inCommercialization
CASIS Just Can't Stop Watching Comic Book Movies
CASIS and Marvel Entertainment Unveil Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge “The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and Marvel Entertainment today announced the Guardians of […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA OIG Flunks CASIS – And NASA's Management of CASIS
OIG: NASA’s Management of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) “Although CASIS awarded $21.7 million in grants to 140 projects between fiscal years (FY) 2013 and […]
Posted inAstronauts
Michael Foale Wants To Save The ISS. He's Not Alone.
The astronaut fighting to save our home in space, BBC “Draw up a list of the world’s most accomplished and experienced astronauts, and astrophysicist Dr Michael Foale’s name is going […]
Posted inCommercialization
Whistleblower Lawsuit Against ULA Settled
Lockheed Martin, Boeing aerospace venture bilked U.S. for $90 million, lawsuit says, Denver Post “A whistleblower has settled a lawsuit filed against a Centennial aerospace company formed by Lockheed Martin […]
Posted inCommercialization
The First Rule About Zuma: Don't Talk About Zuma (Update)
Statement From Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX on Zuma Launch “For clarity: after review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night. If […]
Posted inCongress
White House Resubmits Bridenstine Nomination
Nominations Sent to the Senate Today, White House The White House submitted a list of nominations today including Rep. Bridenstine. – James Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
That Time Elon Musk Talked To Trump About Colonizing Mars
Elon Musk pitched Trump on SpaceX’s mission to colonize other planets, Business Insider “SpaceX founder Elon Musk tried to get a newly elected Donald Trump on board with his company’s […]