Commercial Spaceflight: All Systems Go, Wall Street Journal (by Buzz Aldrin, Ken Bowersox, Jake Garn, Robert Gibson, Hank Hartsfield, John Herrington, Byron Lichtenberg, John Lounge, Rick Searfoss, Norman Thagard, Kathryn […]
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Norm Is About To Deliver
Keith’s note: Mutiple sources report that the Augustine Committee’s Report will be formally delivered on 21 October.
Posted inCommercialization
EELVs are Not "Dead" As A Crew Launch Option
Bolden talks frankly: Ares I might be dead but so are EELVs, Hyperbola “What was surprising was the degree to which Bolden had clearly already decided that Evolved Expendable Launch […]
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Full Text of Jeff Hanley's Latest Rant
Internal NASA Email from Constellation manager Jeff Hanley to JSC Center Director Mike Coats “Page 12 “In the Ares I plus Ares V system planned by Constellation, the Ares I […]
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Augustine: Heading Toward The Finish Line
Last Augustine panel meeting ends in debate over Ares I, Orlando Sentinel “The last public hearing of a White House space review committee on Thursday ended in a debate over […]
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Pro- and Anti-Space Commerce Views In the Senate
Nelson Calls for Unspent Stimulus Money to Boost NASA “The Augustine Commission notes that the time may finally be upon us when commercial space companies can begin to carry some […]
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Norm Is Popular Today
Augustine Space Flight Committee Announces Additional Meeting “The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold a public teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8, from approximately 1 to 2 […]
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(Still) Waiting For Norm [Update]
NASA review panel report likely to be delivered to White House by mid-October, Huntsville Times “A much anticipated independent report about the future of NASA and human space flight probably […]