FYI @BoeingSpace Saturn V contracts awarded 1961/62. First flight Nov 1967. Moon landing Jul 1969. 13 flights between 69-73. Maybe you can compare this to @NASA_SLS progress in your #PoliticoSpace […]
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When In Huntsville Make Sure To Sip The SLS Koolaid
NASA boss Bridenstine ‘100 percent’ behind SLS and Alabama center. AL.com “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday that he supports “100 percent” the agency’s Space Launch System program and the […]
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Bridenstine May Not Be Drinking That SLS Koolaid
How can NASA return to the Moon? By making everything reusable, chief says, Ars Technica “However, the big rocket NASA has been developing since 2011, the Space Launch System, is […]
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NASA's Saturday Morning Cartoon Guide To SLS-Orion
I'm sorry but this @NASA graphic looks like a clip from a Scooby Doo episode. https://t.co/hEePFiBvaa — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 31, 2018
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Some Tweets Just Beg To Be Answered
Yea but @NASA won't be using this reusable Ar-22 engine. @DARPA will use it on Phantom Express. Alas, #NASA spent a billion dollars to make a reusable Shuttle engine disposable. […]
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SLS Plumbing Is Full Of Paraffin Wax. Oops.
Contamination found in SLS engine tubing, SpaceNews “At a May 17 meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, panel member Don McErlean said the […]
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Even Congressional Supporters Are Nervous About SLS
Fun fact: @NASA spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make reusable shuttle engines disposable for @NASA_SLS. @SpaceX spent their money making one-use engines reusable. Falcon rockets fly (and re-fly) […]
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Boeing's Misleading Anti-SpaceX Pro-SLS Facebook Ad Campaign
Keith’s note: We’ve all heard about those misleading campaign ads on Facebook. Well, while the campaign ads are under scrutiny big aerospace companies are quietly luring people to websites that […]
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NASA Starts To Confirm SLS Changes It Denied Last Week
Gerstenmaier–now thinking we will fly EM-2 on SLS with ICPS. EM-2 will not carry PPE now, will get cmrcl launch for that. Learned from study we did re flying crew […]
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Newt Gingrich Hints At Anti-SLS Whisper Campaign
Newt Gingrich: A glimpse of America’s future in space in 2024, Fox “If the Trump-Pence team pushes it, Falcon Heavy rockets could have more than 100 launches through 2024. The […]