Blue Origin Completes Acceptance Testing of BE-3 Engine for New Shephard Suborbital Flight “Blue Origin recently completed acceptance testing of its BE-3 rocket engine, the first new hydrogen engine to […]
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FAA COMSTAC Meeting Today
Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee–Open Meeting (agenda) “The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference […]
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NASA Needs To Determine If Rabbit Fur Felt Can Be Bought Domestically
NASA Proposed Rule: Federal Acquisition Regulation; List of Domestically Nonavailable Articles “SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are considering amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update the list of domestically […]
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Nitpicking Lockheed Martin's Infographics
Keith’s note: Lockheed Martin just started a big media rollout for their new cargo concept for NASA’s CRS-2 contract. Included in the PR effort are some infographics. Everyone makes mistakes, […]
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ISS Cargo Competition Ramps Up
A new space race emerges as NASA prepares to award contract to ferry supplies to space station, Washington Post “Lugging groceries and supplies to the astronauts on the International Space […]
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SpaceX Barge Landing Patent Petition Challenge Denied – and Accepted
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP., Petitioner, v. BLUE ORIGIN LLC, Patent Owner. Case IPR2014-01376 Patent 8,678,321 B2. Paper […]
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ULA and SpaceX Are Trash Talking Again
ULA ready to compete against Elon Musk’s space startup, CEO says, Washington Post “Still, [ULA Chief Executive Tory Bruno] also said that ULA is far more reliable in launching on […]
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Who Has More Relevant Capsule Expertise?
Boeing throws shade on SpaceX ability to understand tasks – says Boeing has built every U.S. capsule & still has that experience 1/2 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 27, 2015 […]
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The Usual Suspects Want Their Government Handout
New Alliance To Promote Space Development and Settlement Policies, Space News “Perhaps the most ambitious part of the ASD agenda is a proposed “Cheap Access to Space Act” that would […]
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MoonEx Tests Continue at KSC
Moon Express Continues Lander Flight Tests Under NASA Lunar CATALYST Program, MoonEx “Moon Express, Inc. (MoonEx) has announced that it will continue flight tests at Kennedy Space Center using the […]