Keith’s note: this Apple iPhone ad opens with a Artemis II pic saying “Once you’ve gone to the Moon where do you go next?” The ad closes with “This is […]
Commercialization
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Henry Helgeson Is NASA’s New Communications AA | Commercial Officer
From Jared Isaacman: “Team, I’m pleased to welcome Henry Helgeson to NASA as our new Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications. Henry is a pilot and brings more than […]
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Is Commerce The Solution To All Space Things?
Keith’s note: NASA’s Former Director of the Commercial Space Division Phil McAlister posted “NASA Is About to Lose Its Way to Low Earth Orbit“. NASA Administrator Jared Issacman responded – […]
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FAA Issues Commercial Space Waiver
Keith’s note: According to a new FAA Waiver: “FAA proposes to amend its commercial space licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden for applicants. Specifically, FAA […]
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Lucky Starship 13
Keith’s note: SpaceX Starship 13 certainly did its thing: Booster soft landing, ship in orbit. 40 second Raptor relight, 20 Starlink Version 3’s deployed, all of which worked, smooth reentry […]
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Cutting Edge Space Station Research
Keith’s note: THIS research by Auxilium Biotechnologies is exactly what the Space Station can do and is a preview of what space-based research can offer. I was pushing these sorts […]
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Wally Funk. Fly Wally, Fly 🚀
Keith’s note: According to Blue Origin: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Wally Funk. Wally was a pioneer in every sense of the word.” “In her 20s, she […]
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Let’s Try The Commercial Space Station Thing Again
Keith’s note: NASA issued a new notice seeking industry input on the second phase of its commercial space station thing. Link to RFP. Get creative everyone – and just remember: […]
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OIG Has Issues With Commercial Crew
Keith’s note: The NASA OIG has issued a report on Management of Commercial Crew – and they are concerned with a lot of things. Summary below.
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NASA Opens NextSTEP-3 Draft for Lunar Infrastructure Development
NASA has issued the draft solicitation for the Lunar Enabling Infrastructure Accelerator. We already know the agency plans to lean heavily on the commercial space sector to build out its sustained lunar operations. This NextSTEP-3 release puts that established strategy into practice. NASA wants industry input now to iron out the acquisition details, schedules, and evaluation metrics to avoid costly requirements changes down the road.