Keith Cowing · SpaceRef on Alhurra: A Year On Mars Keith’s note: It is always interesting to be on a TV show where they do live translation since I used […]
2022
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There Are A few People At NASA Who Understand Soft Power
During an @AIAA webinar @blal @NASA Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy, and Strategy cited 'an old African proverb' when it comes to international cooperation: "If you want to go fast […]
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Commercial Human Spaceflight Takes Another Big Step
Polaris Program Announced – Human Dragon And Starship Missions “Today Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), announced the Polaris Program, a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human […]
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Lockheed Martin Halts Merger As Foodfight Erupts Within Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Chairman Sues CEO Over Control of Rocket-Engine Maker’s Board, Blooomberg “Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc.’s chairman and three directors asked a judge to block the CEO and her allies on the […]
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The Cousin Of Roscosmos' Teledroid Does GEICO Ads
pic.twitter.com/XGVitIUNIE — GEICO (@GEICO) February 11, 2022
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SpaceX Starship Update From Starbase
Interesting how Twitter / news media seem to wonder what the whole @ElonMusk #Starship update thing was all about tonight when the largest, most powerful rocket ever built has been […]
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The Most Powerful Rocket On Earth Is On The Launch Pad – Again
From this: November 1972 Saturn V NASA/JSC To that: February 2022 Starship SpaceX https://t.co/LXNVk4SB3M pic.twitter.com/rlEkbdN2HA — Jamie Groh, M. Ed. (@AlteredJamie) February 10, 2022
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Soft Power: NASA Soars – And Crashes – On The Same Day
The Power Of Ten: Meet The 10 Winners Of NASA’s 10th Annual Space Apps Challenge “The level of global participation and team dynamics underscored NASA’s efforts to ensure that the […]
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Yet Another GAO Report That NASA Will Automatically Ignore
NASA: Lessons from Ongoing Major Projects Could Improve Future Outcomes, GAO “The complexity of NASA’s major projects means they will always carry inherent risk–but prior GAO work found that management […]
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Douglas Trumbull
Douglas Trumbull, Effects Wizard Behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, Has Died, Gizmodo “Science fiction cinema would not be what it is today without the work of Douglas […]