Elon Musk’s SpaceX is using a powerful rocket technology. NASA advisers say it could put lives at risk, Washington Post “… But in a 2015 letter to NASA, Thomas Stafford, […]
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Alternative Facts And Snake Oil From The SLS Mafia
If you think NASA is frustrated with SpaceX, you’re probably right, Ars Technica “A more blunt assessment was offered by Mary Lynne Dittmar, who is familiar with the thinking of […]
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CRS9 Is In Orbit, Used Rocket Is in Florida
Well @SpaceX landed a used rocket ship in Florida again. #Boring #CRS9 pic.twitter.com/7c2lWkgDWy — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 18, 2016
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Who Will Grab The Flag: Boeing or Spacex?
Boeing falls behind SpaceX in next space race, CNN Money “Boeing said Tuesday that it has pushed the date of its first manned space mission back from 2017 to 2018. […]
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NASA CRS-6 Launch Briefings
NASA SpaceX CRS-6 Pre-Launch News Briefings [Watch] “Today, a Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on the 6th SpaceX […]
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Another Dragon Returns from Space
Critical NASA Science Returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft “SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 3:39 p.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 300 miles […]
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Two Views: Dragon Vs CST-100
How NASA’s New Spaceships Stack Up, NPR “Boeing and SpaceX both have new displays standard on every model. But Keith Cowing says there is a difference in the way they […]
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Another Dragon Visits ISS
Dragon Berthed at the International Space Station “ISS Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, with the assistance of NASA’s Rick Mastracchio, successfully berthed the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft […]
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Lots of Parachute Testing Going On
NASA Conducts Orion Parachute Test “Engineers testing the parachute system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft increased the complexity of their tests Thursday, Jan. 16, adding the jettison of hardware designed to […]
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SpaceX Meets Important CCiCap Milestones
NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews, SpaceRef Business “Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two milestones for NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) […]