NASA OIG: NASA’s Management Of The Artemis Program “With Artemis I mission elements now being integrated and tested at Kennedy Space Center, we estimate NASA will be ready to launch […]
SLS and Orion
Posted inSLS and Orion
NASA's Artemis Program Has Big Problems And Few Solutions
Keith’s note: There was a media briefing today. NASA Administrator Senator Bill Nelson gave an Artemis update and guess what: everything is delayed and it will cost billions more than […]
Posted inCommercialization
Would You Buy A Used Moon Rocket From NASA?
Exploration Production and Operations Long-Term Sustainability, NASA “The primary goals enabling this vision include 1) moving ESD programmatic implementation to a construct in which industry owns vehicle production and the […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Boeing Restarts Creepy SLS Campaign On Social Media
Every time @NASA_SLS #SLS has schedule problems @BoeingSpace spends money on social media ads that send you to a website where they overtly tell you that they will sell your […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Splitting The Worm Logo On SLS
Keith’s note: Typical NASA. They make a big deal about bringing back the worm logo and then put a monstrous version of it on the SLS. And then they cover […]
Posted inAdministrator Updates
Yet Another NASA Town Hall
NASA Invites Media to Discuss Future of NASA “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other senior agency leaders will host an employee town hall for all civil servant and contractor employees […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Surprise Surprise. Another SLS Launch Delay
NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022, Ars Technica “Publicly, NASA is still holding on to the possibility of a 2021 launch date for the debut […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
SLS Just Lost One Of Its Big Selling Points
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission “NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
NASA Says Media's SLS Costs Are Wrong But Has No Actual SLS Launch Costs To Offer
Supply chain, Artemis program limit SLS use for science missions, Space News “Another issue for those considering SLS is the cost of the vehicle. [Robert] Stough took issue with some […]
Posted inCongress
Let's Make Up More Busy Work For Stennis
NASA doesn’t need to test SLS anymore, but the Senate mandates it anyway, Ars Technica “But there was more to the NASA amendment. Wicker co-sponsored it and got his own […]