Keith’s note: WRT the FAA/Commercial Spaceflight Foundation Commercial Space Transportation Conference next month. There is no way for media to register. Neither is there going to be webcasting – just as COVID/Flu/RSV are becoming problematic. What a great way to make sure no one in the real world knows what is going on in space. Yet another gathering in an echo chamber – with extra sound absorbing panels installed. Just sayin’

Don’t expect a space race. SpaceX and NASA need each other, LA Times “The whole idea is that NASA is at the point of a spear,” said Howard McCurdy, professor in the school of public affairs at American University. “It’s like exploration of any terrestrial realm. This is the way the model is supposed to work.” Indeed, the rapid ascent of Musk and other space industry pioneers is validation of […]

Keith’s note: A lot of people in the private space sector are annoyed (some are angry) with the Trump folks since they directed NASA to look into the government side (crew on SLS EM-1 flight) of a proposed government/commercial return to the Moon. Then the “Commercial” Spaceflight Federation sold its soul and jumped on board to support SLS. There was a handshake sort of deal in place between the Alabama […]

Leading Commercial Space Group Embraces NASA’s Biggest Rocket, Wall Street Journal “Before his speech outlining the revised stance on the Space Launch System, Mr. Stern said his primary goal is “taking this off the table” as a divisive issue while White House aides formulate new NASA priorities. Looking ahead, he said, “there is plenty of market share to go around” to support a wide range of commercial and government launch […]

Why has @XploreDeepSpace been silent about NASA OIG report on #NASA Orion Program? https://t.co/09CiS0x7kA pic.twitter.com/Ff4BukHTug — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 7, 2016 Why has @csf_spaceflight been silent about NASA OIG report on #NASA Commercial Crew Program? https://t.co/rXfyiXbbQI pic.twitter.com/XHtEOrTJv7 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 7, 2016

Private spaceflight trade group rebrands itself to look more like NASA, Mashable “We want to make that that sexy, badass persona that NASA has established in the government space exploration realm is carried forward into the private commercial space industry,” says David Moritz, founder and CEO of Viceroy Creative, the ad agency behind the rebrand.” Viceroy Creative Thrusts into New Frontier with Complete Rebranding Launch of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation […]

US’ Private Space Industry Opposes Use Of ISRO Launch Vehicles, NDTV “I think the concern about using Indian boosters is not so much the transfer of sensitive technology to a nation that is a fellow democracy, but rather whether the Indian launches are subsidised by the government to a degree that other market actors would be priced out of the market,” Elliot Holokauahi Pulham, CEO of Space Foundation, said. Testifying […]

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes New Members and Leadership “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomed several new member companies at its Executive Board meeting this week, expanding its membership to more than 60 companies. … Frank DiBello, President and CEO of Space Florida, was reelected as the CSF chairman.” Keith’s note: This seems to be a bit of a conflict of interest to me. I would think that you’d want someone in […]

Keith’s note: The following hearings and meetings will be happening over the next few days (3 2 are tomorrow). All of these events are overtly related to space commerce. Yet you see zero mention of any of these events by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. One would think that their member companies and other interested parties would like to know that these things are going on. Oh well. – 12 Sep: […]

XCOR to establish operations and manufacturing base in Florida “Plans call for XCOR to commence initial operations from a Florida location in 2014 when they plan on bringing the Lynx Mark I prototype for demonstration and pathfinder flights. This will be followed by the basing of a Lynx Mark II production vehicle in Florida, and eventually production of Lynx vehicles and other XCOR products should market demand materialize and the […]