Keith’s note: The DNI has posted a NCSC/FBI/USAF Bulletin titled “Safeguarding The U.S. Space Industry” which opens by saying: “According to US financial sector estimates, the global space economy is […]
Commercialization
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FAA Proposes Changes To Astronaut Classifications And Other Regulations
Keith’s note: According to an FAA posting in the Federal Register: “This proposed rule would incorporate various changes required by the United States Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of November […]
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Talking About Virgin Galactic On TV
Keith’s note: I just did BBC World TV talking about today’s Virgin Galactic flight. Here’s the [Audio]. I tried to get BBC to buy me a ticket to report from […]
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Yet Another Space Advisory Committee With A Zillion Members
“Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching a rulemaking committee to examine the development and cost of possible future regulations for commercial human spaceflight occupant safety. The agency is […]
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A Methane/Oxygen Rocket Makes It To Orbit
Keith’s note: I spoke with CGTN tonight about the launch of LandSpace’s ZQ 2 / Rosefinch 2 – the first rocket to put a payload into space using Methane/Oxygen engines […]
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Virgin Galactic’s Unity Reaches Space
Keith’s note: Virgin Galactic pulled off an apparently flawless flight into space today – two pilots took four commercial passengers into space, they did their science thing, looked out the […]
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AX-2 Launch Update
Keith’s note: A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon âFreedomâ was launched on time today at 5:37 pm EDT from Kennedy Space Center with a crew of four on board […]
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Blue Origin Wins Artemis Lander Contract
“NASA announced today (May 19) that Blue Origin is the winner of the second Artemis lunar lander contract today. Initially, NASA had hoped to fund more than one lander concept […]
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Sending People Into Space
Keith’s note: I was on i24 TV in Israel today to talk about the upcoming Axiom-2 (AX2) mission to the ISS. In a nutshell I think my main point is […]
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SpaceX Starship Leaves The Pad For A Short Test Flight
Keith’s note: The immense rocket moved slowly off the pad much like a Saturn V. As it ascended it could be seen that some of the engines were not firing. […]