Keith’s note: The CASIS-sponsored International Space Station Research And Development Conference is underway in Atlanta. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is speaking at ISSRDC on Wednesday. NASA has not issued any […]
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NASA Asked CASIS To Stop Paying Its Board Of Directors
Keith’s note: In a 7 March 2019 letter from NASA Space Station Director Sam Scimemi to CASIS CEO Joseph Vockley, Scimemi states that NASA believes that “the CASIS Board of […]
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Video: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Event on ISS and Gateway Commercialization
Keith’s note: Go to 36:50 for a question to Rick Leach from CASIS about their plans for space commercialization and to HEOMD AA Bill Gerstenmaier at 2:08:20 for a question […]
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CASIS Apparently Wants An Expanded Role on ISS Commercialization
Keith’s note: Rick Leach sought to downplay any expanded role for CASIS in overt commercial ventures on ISS (or elsewhere) the other day. CASIS had planned to try and turn […]
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CASIS Clarifies Its Expansion Ambitions
CASIS Announces Its Commercial Business Expansion Plans, earlier post (March 2019) “CASIS Chief Strategy Officer Richard Leach made a presentation “Forecasting the 2024-2035 Space Based National Laboratory for Life and […]
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NASA Announces A Space Station Pricing Plan
NASA to Announce Commercial Opportunities at International Space Station “NASA will announce the agency’s plans to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial activities at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, […]
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Smoke And Mirrors: CASIS And Its Imaginary Space Economy
Keith’s note: On page 4 of CASIS FY18 Q2 Quarterly Report for the Period January 1 – March 31, 2018 CASIS says: “As manager of the International Space Station (ISS) […]
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Its Not Good When Space Station Resources Go Unused
Larger image Source: CASIS FY17 Q2 Quarterly Report for the Period January 1 – March 31, 2017, page 12 Keith’s note: When it comes to the utilization of the U.S. […]
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Another Firing at CASIS
Brian Talbot VP for Marketing & Outreach is out. A few weeks ago Joe Vockley fired Randy Giles, VP & Chief Scientific Officer. That’s 15 firings since Vockley.
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Its Time To Rethink ISS Utilization
Keith’s note: I just read this during the public input portion of today’s NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Meeting: “My name is Keith Cowing. I am a former […]