Southwest Research Institute SwRI and XCOR Sign First Ever Commercial Reusable Suborbital Vehicle Scientific Flight Contract “In a first for the reusable suborbital launch vehicle industry, XCOR Aerospace announced today […]
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NASA Grants Bigelow Partially Exclusive License
NASA Notice of intent to grant a partially exclusive license: Bigelow Aerospace “This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice […]
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ISS National Lab CAN Provides Old, Incomplete Documents
Keith’s 15 Feb note: One of the documents that the ISS National LAB CAN release includes is the ISS Payload Mission Integration Team Execution Plan. SSP 50471 Revision A October […]
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Delayed ISS National Lab CAN Released
Keith’s 14 Feb note: At the ISS National Laboratory Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Public Day on 10 December 2010, Mark Uhran said that the CAN would be released on 14 […]
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CSF Welcomes FY 2012 NASA Budget
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes Strong Support for Commercial Crew in New NASA Budget “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation today welcomed the strong support for commercial spaceflight in the new NASA FY2012 […]
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NASA FY 2012 Budget Increases Commercial Space (Heads up Wall Street Journal)
NASA Wants More For Commercial Crew, Technology, Aviation Week “The Obama administration’s $18.7 billion NASA budget request for fiscal 2012 continues the new policies started in last year’s request, with […]
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Ralph Hall's NASA Reality Check for the 112th Congress
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress “The Committee will continue to provide oversight of NASA’s human spaceflight program as it undergoes a period […]
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2011 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference Update
“The Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) will be held February 28 – March 2, 2011, at The University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. A new generation of space vehicles capable […]
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Nickname for Liberty
Keith’s note: Ares 1 was nicknamed the “Stick”. I guess we need a new nickname for Liberty. That slick first stage paint scheme (much better than Ares 1-X white or […]
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Tea Party/Libertarian/Conservative Space Event on the Hill
Conservative, Free-Market Leaders Call for Competitive Market in U.S. Spaceflight Keith’s note: I have been (attempting) to listen to the media dial-in for this event today but it is mostly […]