20 July 2004: Having Too Much and Too Little Oxygen on the Space Station, SpaceRef “Several Russian Progress spacecraft were allowed to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in 2003 carrying unused oxygen […]
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IS NASA CUTTING CORNERs on ISS?
8 July 2004: Space station scenario an unlikely protection, sources say, NY Times via Houston Chronicle “The employees who provided the documents said the agency was cutting corners on cost […]
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PDAs on iss
7 May 2004: Space station astronauts, cosmonauts using HP handheld devices, Houston Business Journal 7 May 2004: Space Station gets handheld PCs, FCW.com “Members of the International Space Station crew […]
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NASA Astronaut Mike Foale Talks To NASAWatch About âExpeditionsâ in space
Editorâs note: Astronaut Mike Foale left Earth on 18 October 2003 for his stay aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 8 crew. I had the opportunity […]
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Letâs Stop Going in Circles â And Go Somewhere
Keith’s note: The International Space Station doesnât go anywhere. Instead, it simply goes in circles â day in and day out. Much the same can be said for Americaâs space […]
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ALERT! Paradigm Shift Ahead – Has Dan Goldin sent Human Space Flight off in a new direction?
Every now and then Dan Goldin does something very right. Appointing Joe Rothenberg to be Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight (OSF) is one of those things. Rothenberg’s […]
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NASA MIR Program Mir 24 / NASA 6 Status
NASA MIR Program Mir 24 / NASA 6 Status Date:09 Wednesday, December 17, 1997 Mission Day:09 Mir 24 / NASA 6 MD 134/83 Mir Station System/Subsystem Activities All primary major […]
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Letter From NASA to Russia Over STS-86/Mir Preparations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058-3696 Reply to the attn of: YA-97-147 AUG 11 1997 Mr. Valery Ryumin RSC […]
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Better-Cheaper-Faster: The Risk of Being Open and Honest (Part 2)
Lesson Two: It isn’t better-cheaper-faster just because you say it is. Better, cheaper , faster. That is what NASA is supposed to be doing on all of its programs. Dan, […]
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Better-Cheaper-Faster: The Risk of Being Open and Honest (Part 1)
Last week I posted a short editorial piece: “Better-cheaper-faster (Mars Pathfinder) vs marginal-value, over-run, oft-delayed (ISS). Which is the true future of NASA, Dan?” In that editorial I said “I […]