Keith’s note: According to this NASA JSC Mission Management Flight Request, this flight was charted for passengers to “attend and participate in the Constellation SFA Recognition Event activities”. It took […]
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Free Breakfast, Courtesy of Constellation
Constellation Celebration & Recognition Event at NASA LaRC “All Constellation team members are invited to join Dale Thomas, our NASA Constellation Program Manager, Thursday, January 20th for a Constellation LaRC […]
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The HLV Cost Information NASA Decided Not To Give To Congress
Click on Image to enlarge “Cost and Schedule of Shuttle sidemount compared with HEFT alternatives. This is the only HLV option that meets all legal requirements and fits within the […]
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NASA OIG Letter to Congress on Constellation Spending
NASA OIG Letter Regarding Constellation Program and 2010 NASA Authorization Act “The Inspector General Act of 1978 directs Federal Inspectors General to, among other things, “review existing and proposed legislation […]
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Doug Cooke's Presentation to the NAC is Online
Exploration Program Status Presentation to the NASA Advisory Council, Doug Cooke * Key Auth Act Direction – The Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, extend or modify existing vehicle development […]
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HEFT II Presentation to the NAC
Human Space Exploration Framework Summary Presentation to the NASA Advisory Council Strategy: 1-Fixed Initial Conditions: Mission to a NEA when Affordable Description: A fixed cost and initial milestone-constrained assessment, consistent […]
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NASA is Adrift Once Again
Keith’s note: Not everyone is happy with the proposed merger of ESMD (Exploration Systems Mission Directorate) and SOMD (Space Operations Mission Directorate). Sources report that the White House is not […]
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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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NASA's Chronic Inability To Explain Why It Does Things
Can we afford to return to the Moon?, Paul Spudis “One of the biggest problems with NASA’s implementation of the VSE was that they never understood why we were going […]
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Merging SOMD and ESMD
NASA Might Merge Human Spaceflight, Operations Directorates, Space News “In a Dec. 20 memo to agency employees, the heads of NASA’s Exploration Systems and Space Operations mission directorates said they […]