Experts concerned by SpaceX plan to fuel rockets with people aboard, Reuters “It was unanimous … Everybody there, and particularly the people who had experience over the years, said nobody […]
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ASAP: NASA Has No Plan or Firm Funding For Its #JourneyToMars
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Annual Report 2015 “In October 2015, NASA published what it called “a detailed outline” of its next steps in getting to the Red Planet. Unfortunately, the […]
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Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel: Lack of Transparency in Commercial Space
Safety panel accuses NASA of a ‘lack of transparency’ in critical space program, Washington Post “NASA’s independent safety panel accused the agency of a “lack of transparency” about its program […]
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Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Has Commercial Crew Concerns
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Annual Report for 2013 “In an effort to devise a program that fits within available funding, the CCP is requesting proposals to develop a new system […]
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ASAP Makes Itself More Open and Transparent
NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Meeting (Revised notice) “SUMMARY: This is an amended version of NASA’s earlier Federal Register Notice (13-153) previously published on December 23, 2013 (78 FR 77501). […]
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Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is Worried About NASA's Budget
Code Red: NASA Safety Panel’s Warning on Funding Uncertainty, AIP “Earlier this month the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel issued its 2012 Annual Report. Looking for hazards across the space […]
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The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is Confused
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report “This report is based on the panel’s 2012 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; center visits and meetings; direct observations of NASA operations and […]
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Commercial Crew Funding at a Critical Juncture
Commercial Crew Initiative Called Underfunded, Aviation Week “Funding for NASA’s commercial crew space transportation services initiative appears headed for funding problems that could undermine the agency’s efforts to regain the […]
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Bolden on Risk: Quit Treating American Citizens "As if They are Children"
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report “The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, a congressionally mandated group of independent experts established after the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, has released […]
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Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Review of Shuttle Program Risks
Review of Issues Associated with Safe Operation and Management of the Space Shuttle Program, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel November 1996 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At the request of the President of the […]