FYI @NASA_SLS You burn tons of polybutadiene acrylonitrile & Ammonium perchlorate composite Not very enviro-friendly https://t.co/Ez2TjT7gsi — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) April 22, 2016 Happy #EarthDay! @NASA works hard for our […]
SLS and Orion
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The Space Launch Paradigm Shift
Without NASA there would be no SpaceX and its brilliant boat landing, Ars Technica “It’s not clear how long this happy relationship between SpaceX and NASA will last. The company […]
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Significant Command and Control System Problems for SLS and Orion
NASA OIG Audit of the Spaceport Command and Control System for SLS and Orion “The SCCS development effort has significantly exceeded initial cost and schedule estimates. Compared to fiscal year […]
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Charlie Bolden Throws Serious SLS Shade on Chris Kraft
NASA chief: Apollo engineers who criticize SLS don’t grok modern rocketry, Ars Technica “Although the SLS rocket does indeed use modern manufacturing processes and sophisticated computer simulations, it is in […]
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NASA Now Has "Deep Space" RS-25 Engines
Successful test at @NASAStennis of the first deep space #RS25 flight engine for @NASA_SLS and our #JourneyToMars. pic.twitter.com/rWso6FOxnc — NASA Marshall News (@NASA_Marshall) March 11, 2016 Huh @NASA? "first deep […]
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Upper Stage Engine Amnesia in Alabama
Statement by Sen. Shelby on NASA FY 2017 Budget Request “Surprisingly, NASA has not proposed a single dollar for the development of an upper stage engine that is absolutely necessary […]
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Space Policy White Paper = Shopping List For The Journey to Nowhere
Keith’s note: Last week a group of space-related organizations rented the National Press Club so they could announce a white paper on space policy. Why bother? Space is not going […]
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Fact Checking SLS Propaganda
Upon Closer Look, NASA’s Exploration Systems are Game-Changers, OpEd, Mary Lynne Dittmar, SpaceNews Dittmar: “The point is that there has never been a launch system like this – one that […]
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SLS Upper Stage Woes on The Journey To Nowhere
SLS upper stage caught in political tug-of-war, SpaceNews “NASA is stopping work, at the request of Congress, on human-rating the initial upper stage for the Space Launch System, even as […]
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Planetary Society's Confused Messaging
NASA’s New Budget Would Gut Europa But Otherwise Support Planetary Exploration, Planetary Society “Europa isn’t Mars, and studying and eventually getting humans to Mars is NASA’s current overriding goal. Pure […]