Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Assess Long-Term Affordability of Human Exploration Programs, GAO “- The SLS estimate is based on the funding required to develop and operate the initial […]
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Too Many Test Stands at NASA?
Space Launch System Structural Test Stands to be Built at Marshall Space Flight Center “NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will have the largest cryogenic fuel tanks ever used on a […]
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Russia Announces SLSki Rocket
Russia Gives Green Light to Super-Heavy Rocket Project “A project to build a new super-heavy carrier rocket was included into the draft new Federal Space Program (FSP) Roscosmos chief Oleg […]
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Dennis Tito Is Drinking Too Much SLS Kool-Aid
The Spaceship to Everywhere, Dennis Tito, Huffington Post “SLS and Orion give us so much more than technical capabilities. They will allow us to open deep space to all humankind, […]
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Bait and Switch For Mars – Hardly Inspirational
Inspiration Mars Sets Sights on Venus/Mars Flyby in 2021, Dennis Tito, opinion, SpaceNews “Today, the IMF remains fully committed to its vision to help provide America with a viable, challenging […]
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NASA-Sponsored Lecture Series Is Blocking Access
Keith’s update: Looks like the Constellation rehash FISO telecon (see below) has been changed (no explanation given). Instead, this week’s presentation is “Making Human Mars Exploration Affordable: Results of a […]
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More Wasteful EPO Spending at NASA
NASA GRC Educational and Outreach Support for NASA’s Orion Program “NASA/GRC intends to contract to Alphaport, Inc. This is a follow-on effort to activities originally performed by Alphaport under contract […]
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Hurry Up and Wait: NASA Is Not Planning to Use SLS Very Much
Space Launch System Program (SLSP) Lgistics Support Analysis (LSA) Report 26 April 2013, NASA Page 14 of 149: “Given the SLS Block 1 launch processing manifest (4-5 years with little […]
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Lots of Parachute Testing Going On
NASA Conducts Orion Parachute Test “Engineers testing the parachute system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft increased the complexity of their tests Thursday, Jan. 16, adding the jettison of hardware designed to […]
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NASA Budget Celebrations Will Be Short-Lived
Continued Victories for Planetary Exploration, Planetary Society “The book is not closed on 2014. Now that NASA has its money, it has to spend it. It does this through its […]