Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch lifts veil on world’s biggest plane – a giant bet on a new way to space, Geekwire “The plane’s wing, taking shape inside a 103,000-square-foot hangar at […]
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A Closer Look At The CASIS "Space Is In It" Endorsement
Keith’s note: As readers of NASAWatch have noted by now, I have an interest in the utilization of the International Space Station. When the amazing capabilities of ISS are used […]
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Patti Grace Smith
Patti Grace Smith, Champion of Private Space Travel, Dies at 68, NY Times “In an email, Elon Musk, the PayPal and Tesla entrepreneur who founded SpaceX, a company that has […]
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Dan Goldin Has Been Busy
Former NASA Chief Dan Goldin’s Neural Computing Company KnuEdge to Transform Real-World Human-Machine Interaction “We are not about incremental technology. Our mission is fundamental transformation,” said Dan Goldin, Founder and […]
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Moon Express and FAA Are Still Talking About A Moon Mission
U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture, WS Journal (subscription) “U.S. officials appear poised to make history by approving the first private space mission to go beyond […]
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Trouble at XCOR?
The XCOR Lynx Spaceplane Might Be Down for the Count , Popular Mechanics “Even before this news, a shakeup was in the works. Some of the original XCOR gang-founder Jeff […]
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Both Rocket Fights – and Rocket Flights – Continue
Senate Schism on Russian Rocket Engines Continues, Space Policy Online “The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee approved its version of the FY2017 defense appropriations bill today. Few details have been […]
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Is NASA Getting Cold Feet On Commercial Crew?
NASA to pay Russia $88 mln to deliver astronauts to world’s sole orbiter in 2018-2019, TASS “Russia has signed a contract with the United States to deliver six NASA astronauts […]
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The Unexpected Reach Of NASA Programs (Update)
#DYK Over 800 #smallbusinesses are contributing to the dev. of the #SpaceLaunchSystem? #NASA #DreamSmallBiz #NSBW pic.twitter.com/eGe8KKyxkq — NASA Small Business (@NASA_OSBP) May 5, 2016 Interesting @NASA_OSBP can you post that […]