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Why Is Congress Stalling NASA's Commercial Crew Program?
Three reasons to be truly outraged by Congressional stonewalling of commercial crew, Houston Chronicle “This week NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stepped up his war of words on Congress, saying the […]
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Senate Passes Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act
Senate Approves U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation “The U.S. Senate, today, unanimously approved S. 1297, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, […]
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Congressional Oversight or Congressional Ignorance?
Congress calls SpaceX Falcon 9 launch certification into question, Denver Post “The June 28 explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station has members of […]
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NASA Announces Commercial Flight Astronauts
NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Space Flights “I am pleased to announce that four American space pioneers have been selected to be the first astronauts to train to […]
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Mikulski Tries Unsuccessfully To Prevent Commercial Crew Funding Decrease
Mikulski Amendment Rejected – No Relief for NASA in Senate Appropriations Markup “The amendment was defeated by a 14-16 party line vote. CJS subcommittee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) opposed the […]
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Doing Business In Space: Ringing Bells and Taking Selfies
We rang the @NYSE bell, because of the potential for economic growth via @ISS_Research: http://t.co/V5URdHLDKh pic.twitter.com/INklW6bWdB — NASA (@NASA) June 4, 2015 Keith’s note: Why were all of these NASA […]
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Update on Congressional Interest in Commercial Space
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Bills Promote Commercial Space Safety and Success “Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee today introduced a package of four space bills […]
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Sarah Brightman Postpones Space Vacation
Postponement of Flight Plans, Sarah Brightman “Sarah Brightman announced today that she is postponing her plans to launch aboard the upcoming Soyuz TMA-18M spaceflight mission. Ms. Brightman said that for […]
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Running Out Of Rockets
Before decade is out all US military satellites may be grounded, The Hill “Today, the launch infrastructure of the United States National Security Space (NSS) — comprised of the Department […]