Keith’s note: The White House brags about their new Intel equity stake – one that the President openly says they got for “free” – something that’s worth billions. Now they’re […]
Commercialization
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NASA’s Random Policy Process
Keith’s note: Last week two internal NASA directives dropped – except NASA has yet to officially release them: NASA Commercial LEO Space Stations Acquisition Strategy and Directive on Fission Surface […]
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America’s New Commercial Space Policy Executive Order
Keith’s note: The White House put out a commercial space policy executive order today that says: “It is imperative that we build on the far-reaching actions taken by my Administration […]
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Big Changes In NASA’s CLD Program
Keith’s note: ICYMI missed the NASA CLD Directive post the other day NASA Commercial LEO Space Stations Acquisition Strategy you are not alone since NASA is not talking about it […]
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Is NASA Wallops Going GOCO?
Keith’s note: Multiple sources have mentioned ongoing discussion at NASA HQ, NASA Goddard, and NASA Wallops that consider the option of moving toward a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) model for the […]
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NASA Commercial LEO Space Stations Acquisition Strategy
Keith’s note: according to a 31 July 2025 NASA Directive titled “Directive on Revised Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destinations (CLD) Phase 2 Acquisition Strategy“ (see below) says “To ensure […]
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NASAWatch on CNN International As Crew 11 Leaves Earth
Keith’s note: I was just on CNN International doing live commentary during the launch of Crew 11 to the International Space Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon [Audio]. I […]
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NASAWatch on Bloomberg: Crew 11 Scrub and NASA Politics
Keith’s note: I was just on Bloomberg TV for the SpaceX Crew 11 launch which was scrubbed due to weather. I stayed on and talked about NASA layoffs, budget issues, […]
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SpaceX Ship 36 Just Blew Up
Keithâs note: a few minutes ago, during a routine pre-flight test, SpaceX Ship 36 blew up. Video below.
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ISS Research & Development Conference Cancellation
Keith’s note: Space analyst Laura Seward Forczyk just tweeted that the ISS Research & Development Conference has been cancelled. If this is true (and my sources tell me that it […]