USAF Space and Missiles System Center Certifies SpaceX for National Security Space Missions “Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air […]
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NASA's Secret Past
NASA’s Secret Relationships with U.S. Defense and Intelligence Agencies, George Washington University “Furnishing cover stories for covert operations, monitoring Soviet missile tests, and supplying weather data to the U.S. military […]
Posted inShuttle News
X-37B Processing at KSC
NASA Partners with X-37B Program for Use of Former Space Shuttle Hangars “NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Program […]
Posted inCommercialization
Will SLS Kill America's Solid Rocket Fuel Industry?
Fading Solid Fuel Engine Biz Threatens Navy’s Trident Missile, Breaking Defense “Failure to launch” isn’t a metaphorical concern when you work on nuclear weapons. That’s why the director of the […]
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And People Wonder Why Government Space Is So Expensive
Air Force spending $60 million to certify Musk’s SpaceX, Stars and Stripes “The Air Force is spending about $60 million and using as many as 100 people to certify billionaire […]
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Space Debris Is A Hot Topic In D.C. This Week
Air Force to award ‘Space Fence’ contract to track orbital debris, Washington Post “Hundreds of thousands of pieces of man-made debris are floating around out there, the detritus of more […]
Posted inCommercialization
McCain Questions USAF EELV Procurement
Sen. McCain Seeks Information on AIr Force’s EELV Program “U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today sent two letters regarding the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program – a […]
Posted inCommercialization
Senate Appropriations Hearing on National Security Space Launch Program
GAO: National Defense: Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Competitive Procurement “If DOD requires all offers to contain both fixed-price and cost-reimbursement features for launch services and capability, respectively, similar […]
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GAO: NASA RDT&E Launch Funding Outpaces DOD
Defense and Civilian Agencies Request Significant Funding for Launch-Related Activities “In contrast to procurement, the agencies indicate that together their need for RDT&E funding will decrease during the same period. […]
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DOD Opens Up Launches To Orbital and SpaceX
Lockheed-Boeing Launch Monopoly to Be Ended by Pentagon, Business Week “The U.S. Defense Department plans to open more than a dozen rocket launches to competition, moving to end a monopoly […]