NASA Administrator Announces New Commercial Crew And Cargo Milestones “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday new milestones in the nation’s commercial space initiatives from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
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Congress Tries To Thwart the "Commercial" Aspect of Commercial Crew
Olson, Colleagues Urge White House to Correct Safety Glitch (NASA Commercial Crew) “Rep. Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) and several colleagues today urged White House Office of Science and Technology Director […]
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NASA Made a Commercial Crew Video That It Is Afraid to Endorse (Update)
Keith’s 25 Feb note: Looks like NASA has adopted the adventure movie promo production approach – loud music that tells you to pay attention, quick edits, all for the new […]
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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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X-37 Variant To Launch Crews?
Secretive US X-37B Space Plane Could Evolve to Carry Astronauts, Space.com “The maker of the X-37B robotic space plane has outlined new plans for the spacecraft and a scaled-up version […]
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Commercial Crew Draft RFP & CCDEV2 Optional Milestones Released
NASA Releases Commercial Crew Draft RFP, Announces CCDEV2 Optional Milestones “NASA unveiled Monday an outline of its acquisition strategy to procure transportation services from private industry to carry U.S. astronauts […]
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NASA's Response – and Aerospace Corp's Damage Control
Commercial Crew Market Study Generates Small Firestorm, Space News “NASA spokesman Michael Braukus said the Aerospace Corp. analysis, paid for by the agency’s Independent Program and Cost Evaluation office, led […]
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Congress Rejects NASA's HLV Plans
Preliminary Report Regarding NASA’s Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Pursuant to Section 309 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-267) “To date, trade studies performed by […]
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NASA Releases LEO Commercial Crew Certification Requirements
Commercial Crew Transportation System Certification Requirements for NASA Low Earth Orbit Missions “This document defines the requirements, standards and certification package contents that will be used to certify a CCTS […]
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New Crew Transportation Requirements NASA Won't Let You See (Update)
The coming train wreck for Commercial Human Spaceflight, Wayne Hale “Now NASA has released a draft (dated Oct. 8, 2010) of its requirements CCT-REQ-1130 ISS Crew Transportation and Services Requirements. […]