Keith’s note: Sources report that the NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) has been moving all of its contracted work to MORI Associates Inc. under a contract awarded on a […]
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Doing The Inspiration4 Media Rounds
Keith’s note: Yesterday I was on Bloomberg Radio live – twice – doing launch commentary for their morning show in Asia and was on Deutsche Welle at 9:00 pm EDT. […]
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FAA Grounds Virgin Galactic
Keith’s note: This is the news Virgin Galactic wanted to focus on today: Virgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Research Mission “Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. … today announced the manifest for […]
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NASA And Boeing Will Hold A "Space-Is-Hard" Media Event Today
Starliner Returning to Factory to Resolve Valve Issue “Today, Boeing informed NASA that the company will destack its CST-100 Starliner from the Atlas V rocket and return the spacecraft to […]
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Boeing Is Still Fixing Broken Valves On Starliner
NASA, Boeing Make Progress on Starliner Valve Issue “Work progressed to restore functionality to several valves in the Starliner propulsion system that did not open as designed during the launch […]
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Let The Space Billionaire Trash Talking Begin!
(sigh) A last minute attempt by @BlueOrigin to start some pre-game space trash talk with @VirginGalactic since @RichardBranson will be in "space" before @JeffBezos will. Meanwhile @ElonMusk is too busy […]
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New Look For NASA Small Business But It Still Ignores Its Own Events
Keith’s note: 2 weeks ago there was a posting on NASAWatch complaining about how badly NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs website and social media usage were. This is how […]
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Musk Vs Bezos: True Space Commerce Has Finally Arrived
The rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos already was intense. Now it’s extending to the moon., Washington Post “In a flier distributed on Capitol Hill last week, Elon Musk’s […]
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Sierra Nevad? Is Creating A New Space Company
Sierra Nevada Memo Announcing New Company “Sierra Space” “To achieve this growth and even greater impact more quickly, today we are announcing our space business area will transition to become […]
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NASA Small Business Office Ignores Small Business News
#NASA PAO Just issued "NASA Provides $45M Boost to US Small Businesses" https://t.co/q1qTKBmlTk But the @NASA Office of Small Business Programs https://t.co/B3s5IncpEj website makes no mention whatsoever of this news […]