How Elon Musk exposed billions in questionable Pentagon spending, Politico “Yet despite the potentially more cost-effective alternative, taxpayers will be paying the price for ULA’s contracts for years to come, […]
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RD-180 Food Fight Continues
Senate Armed Services Committee Sticks to Its Guns on RD-180 Rocket Engines, Space Policy Online “U.S. national space transportation policy requires that at least two independent launch systems be available […]
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The Big Ways That Big Aerospace Communicates in Washington
Keith’s note: I have lived and worked in the Washington, DC metro area for 30 years. One thing I quickly noticed when I moved here was that big companies and […]
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Russian Rocket Engines In Many Critical Paths
A Win-Win Sanction – It’s past time for the nation that won the space race to get back in the business, National Review Online “Russia may retaliate by cutting off […]
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OIG: NASA Needs To Make Smarter Launch Vehicle Choices
NASA OIG: Review of NASA’s Acquisition of Commercial Launch Services “We found that NASA’s LSP acquired ELVs from 2008 through 2009 that were within costs and timeframes established by the […]
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There's More Than One Way To Use Existing Parts for a HLV
NASA must build rocket, not Congress, editorial, Sun Sentinel “Congress did, fortunately, leave NASA a loophole. The bill says the space agency must use existing elements of other programs “to […]
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EELVs are Still An Option For NASA
Garver, Bolden Urge Passage of NASA Authorization, Space News “Despite prescriptive language in the Senate bill that directs NASA to begin building a space shuttle-derived heavy-lift launch vehicle next year, […]
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Delta 4 Launch Scrubbed – Again
Marc’s note: Once again the Delta IV launch was scrubbed at the last second due to a technical issue. No new launch date has been set and with Atlantis set […]