Keith’s note: The CASIS-sponsored International Space Station Research And Development Conference is underway in Atlanta. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is speaking at ISSRDC on Wednesday. NASA has not issued any […]
2019
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Asked CASIS To Stop Paying Its Board Of Directors
Keith’s note: In a 7 March 2019 letter from NASA Space Station Director Sam Scimemi to CASIS CEO Joseph Vockley, Scimemi states that NASA believes that “the CASIS Board of […]
Posted inCommercialization
Starhopper Made Some Noise Last Night
Drone cam pic.twitter.com/gVdMrMgUZq — e^?? (@elonmusk) July 26, 2019 Elon Musk says SpaceX could land on the moon in 2 years, Business Insider “We recently asked Jeff DeWit, NASA’s chief […]
Posted inCommercialization
Hearing On Space Commerce
– Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson [statement] “I want to commend our commercial space companies that are making such impressive progress. There’s not a week that goes by without reading about […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
NASA Decides To Do SLS Green Run Test
“Green Run” Test Will Pave the Way for Successful NASA Moon Missions “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced July 25 the agency will conduct an “Green Run” core stage test for […]
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Starhopper Did Not Hop
Well it didn’t work (this time) but it would make for a pretty solid Mad Max sequel pic.twitter.com/ZML6UtgTqn — Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) July 25, 2019
Posted inArtemis
NASA Has Begun To Pivot From The Moon (Back) To Mars
At Users Advisory Group meeting today Marshall Smith Acting Dep Assoc Administrator @NASA Human Lunar Exploration Programs told participants that #NASA is going to "turn and burn" from the Moon […]
Posted inArtemis
Bridenstine Hits The Ground Running On Gateway
NASA Gateway Program Justification For Other Than Full and Open Competition For The Minimal Habitation Module “NASA’s decision, based on review of each NextSTEP-2 contractor’s capabilities, to sole source the […]
Posted inArtemis
Some Good News For NASA's $1.6 Billion Artemis Request
‘Near-final’ budget deal could prevent government shutdown, stabilize military funding, Defense News “The retreat from the possibility of a one-year continuing resolution, which lawmakers and the administration had openly discussed, […]
Posted inApollo
Chris Kraft
NASA Administrator Remembers Mission Control Pioneer Chris Kraft “Chris was one of the core team members that helped our nation put humans in space and on the Moon, and his […]