CSF Welcomes New Members “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that Andrews Space, Inc., DCI Services and Consulting, MEI Technologies, Special Aerospace Services, and SRA International have joined […]
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Galaxy 15 Stumbles Around GEO
Zombiesat has three more satellites in its crosshairs, SpaceflightNow “The out-of-control Galaxy 15 spacecraft will pass near three more orbiting broadcast platforms before it loses power in late August or […]
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Newspace 2010
Keith’s note: You can watch Newspace 2010 live at Spacevidcast. You can follow it on here on Twitter as well. One interesting comment this morning from NASA HQ’s Charles Miller: […]
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A Missed Opportunity (Update)
How Obama Let Down Mr. Spock “Even some in Mr. Nelson’s home state of Florida begin to doubt the senator’s priorities, suspecting they have more to gain from a thriving […]
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House Wants To Kill CRuSR
Full Draft Text of House NASA Authorization Legislation Keith’s note: One thing that the House version of the NASA Authorization Act does is to cut further into proposed commercial activity […]
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White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction
Senate Committee’s NASA Plan Cuts Moon Program, NY Times “The committee acceded on the cancellation of the Ares I rocket, which is part of the return-to-the-moon program known as Constellation, […]
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Astronauts Send Letter in Support of Commercial Crew
Letter From Former NASA Astronauts in Support of Commercial Crew Transport “Dear Senator Mikulski: The 2011 budget request for NASA has generated much debate about the right course for America […]
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Commercial Space Proponents Respond
Note circulating in the Suborbital research community: “As you may know, Sen. Nelson’s NASA authorization markup kills the CRuSR line item. Yesterday Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico introduced an […]
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Dryden Seeks Ethnically Diverse Cylons
NASA DFRC Solicitation: Two Different Interactive Robots With Accessories “NASA/DFRC has a requirement for (quantity 2) Interactive Robot Characters with accessories. The specifications are: Two different interactive robot characters will […]