NASA concerned about culture of “inappropriateness” at SpaceX, Ars Technica “In addition to spurring problems for the car company Tesla, Elon Musk’s puff of marijuana in September will also have […]
2018
Posted inRussia
Vostochny Spaceport Has A Few Criminal Issues
Criminal cases opened into $150mln violations at Vostochny spaceport, TASS “Russia’s investigators have launched more than 140 criminal cases into violations during the construction of the Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Staff Departure at the National Space Council (Update)
Sources report that Jared Stout, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Space Council, will be leaving soon for a job in the private sector. — NASA […]
Posted inExploration
Bill Nye Says Mars Is Not The Place To Raise Your Kids
Bill Nye: We are not going to live on Mars, let alone turn it into Earth, USA Today “Sorry, Elon Musk. Bill Nye says the idea of Mars colonization and […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Is Already Considering Retirement of SLS (Update)
NASA will retire its new mega-rocket if SpaceX or Blue Origin can safely launch its own powerful rockets, Business Insider “I think our view is that if those commercial capabilities […]
Posted inAstrobiology
NASA's Semi-Stealth Astrobiology Mission
Keith’s note: According to the official NASA Mars 2020 website: “The Mars 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key questions about the potential for life on […]
Posted inChina
Is China Looking To Build A Gateway Too?
Looks like China has its own ideas of some sort of lunar Gateway for human missions to the Moon – or are they planning to use the one that @NASA […]
Posted inCommercialization
Another Cygnus Leaves Earth
NASA, Northrop Grumman Launch Space Station, National Lab Cargo “The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230 Rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A at Wallops on the company’s […]
Posted inInternet Policies
JPL Employee Complains When People Believe A Website They Developed
Bizarre. @doug_ellison complains about #Mars Opportunity false alarm because people went to a @NASA_JPL website he helped develop that showed Opportunity sending a signal to Earth. So Doug, maybe we […]