Transparency lacking in spaceport search, editorial, Las Cruces Sun News “There may be no more important hire in southern New Mexico this year than the next person who is selected […]
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Another Dragon Returns From Space
SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down with Crucial NASA Research Samples, NASA “SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:47 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 26, southwest of Baja […]
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Do NASA and Space Commerce Need Each Other?
The inside story of how billionaires are racing to take you to outer space, Washington Post “For years, many have been waiting for the commercial space industry to become a […]
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Today's Version Of NASA's Future Plans For ISS
NASA Wants to Bring Enterprise to the Space Station “In its RFI, NASA stressed that that for the moment, it just wants to hear ideas. It doesn’t have a budget […]
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Catching Up With Recent Innovative Space Commerce News
The Peaks of Eternal Light: a Near-term Property Issue on the Moon, arXiv.org e-Print archive “The recently revealed highly inhomogeneous distribution of lunar resources changes the context of these issues. […]
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Moon Express Gets FAA OK To Land On The Moon
U.S. Government Approves Plan For Moon Express to Become First Private Company To Venture Beyond Earth’s Orbit, Moon Express “The U.S. Government has made a historic ruling to allow the […]
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Did Republicans Just Endorse The Obama Commercial Space Policy?
Republican Platform “The public-private partnerships between NASA, the Department of Defense, and commercial companies have given us technological progress that has reduced the cost of accessing space and extended America’s […]
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The New Sexy/Sophisticated/Alluring Commercial Spaceflight Federation Isn't
Private spaceflight trade group rebrands itself to look more like NASA, Mashable “We want to make that that sexy, badass persona that NASA has established in the government space exploration […]
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NASA Economic Math: Simple Answers Are Hard – Fancy Equations Are Easy
Keith’s note: Three weeks ago I sent NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan (and NASA HQ PAO) a simple question about her statement regarding NASA’s value to America’s economy i.e.”there was […]
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Will U.S. Companies Be Allowed To Launch on Indian Rockets?
Congress Asks Questions About U.S. Policy Regarding Indian Launch Vehicles, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee “Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian […]