Crunch Time for COTS, Jeff Foust, Space Quarterly “The next several months represent a critical period of spaceflight. Two companies are planning a series of launches of new rockets carrying […]
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WSJ. Magazine Honors Elon Musk
Elon Musk Named Innovator of the Year Award in Technology by WSJ. Magazine “WSJ. Magazine’s first annual Innovator of the Year Awards honors the most creative, disruptive, and influential individuals […]
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Commercial Crew Funding at a Critical Juncture
Commercial Crew Initiative Called Underfunded, Aviation Week “Funding for NASA’s commercial crew space transportation services initiative appears headed for funding problems that could undermine the agency’s efforts to regain the […]
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Breaking The Soyuz Habit
NASA: Pay the Americans now … or pay the Russians later, MSNBC “If NASA can’t provide as much support for U.S. spaceship-builders as it’s hoping for, it’ll have to keep […]
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Orbital GETS COTS Demo OK from FAA
Orbital Receives FAA Commercial Space Transportation License For Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission “Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it […]
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Progress Failure Prompts Call To Increase Commercial Space Spending
Rohrabacher Reacts to Russian Soyuz Launch Failure; Calls for Emergency Funding of Commercial Crew Systems “I am calling on General Bolden, the NASA Administrator, to propose an emergency transfer of […]
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SpaceX Plans To Berth Dragon With ISS on Next Flight
Falcon 9/Dragon: Preparing to Berth With the International Space Station “Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight – a mission designed […]
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OIG Report on Commercial Crew Transportation Services
NASA OIG Report: NASA’s Challenges Certifying and Acquiring Commercial Crew Transportation Services “NASA is still developing its acquisition strategy and has not settled on the specific mechanisms it will use […]
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Interesting NASA Briefing on Various Commercial Crew Concepts
Keith’s note: This document presented by Maria Collura on 22 April 2011 at Masters Forum 20 on Commercial Crew Program Overview contains additional information on the various NASA contractors NASA […]
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One Hearing – Two Different Takes
Subcommittee Democrats Seek Assurance of Reliable and Timely Commercial Cargo Capability for the International Space Station, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats “In 2006, NASA laid out a […]