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SLS and Orion
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Summary Of Today's SLS Media Briefing
When asked what tests will not be done @NASA says "We will be missing loading operations for the upper stage itself". Ah, so only half of the rocket – the […]
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NASA Is Moving The Goal Posts (Yet Again) On SLS
Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal Update “NASA is planning to proceed with a modified wet dress rehearsal, primarily focused on tanking the core stage, and minimal propellant operations on the […]
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NASA Stops SLS Test Before It Happens (Again)
NASA to Discuss Final Test Status Today Before Artemis Moon Mission “NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today on Tuesday, April 5, to provide another update […]
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SLS Cryo Test Is Off Limits To Media Due To ITAR, Says NASA
As Stephen Clark points out, there are no cryogenic ballistic missile systems. — William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) March 29, 2022
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Artemis 1 SLS Rollout
NASA’s Moon Rocket Keeps on Rolling to Launch Complex 39B “NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule atop, slowly rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at […]
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Does *Anyone* Know What A SLS Launch Actually Costs?
Last week #NASA SLS manager John Honeycutt disagreed with the @NASAOIG $4 billion/launch estimate for @NASA_SLS If he says it is not $4b then he must know what the real […]
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NASA Still Has No Idea What A SLS Launch Will Cost
NASA SLS manager John Honeycutt pushes back against audit, AL.com “I will certainly say that the SLS rocket is not going to come at a cost of $4 billion a […]
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NASA Monthly Update About The Monthly SLS Schedule Slip
Hearing that the SLS rollout for the wet dress rehearsal is now March 8, or thereabouts. NASA was trying for Feb. 15, but that's apparently been delayed. — Christian Davenport […]
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ASAP: NASA Really Needs To Fix Its Human Spaceflight Program Management
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2021 Annual Report, ASAP “… Funding such endeavors will obviously take considerable resources. However, history suggests (as shown in Figure 1) it is unlikely […]