NASA JSC Briefing: Propellant Depot Alternate DRM 34B – Mission Risk, Reliability, and Availability Analysis “From the standpoint of S&MA’s role in technology assessment and prioritization, it seems depot technologies […]
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Certified Explorers Seek To Create Lunar Fuel Depot
Consider Supporting Shackleton Energy Company’s Fuel Depot Business, NASAHackSpace “The process of establishing the world’s first operational lunar base and propellant depot business in space is underway as SEC launches […]
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Looking Beyond Low Earth Orbit
Getting Our Priorities Straight: Setting the SLS Vs Propellant Depot Argument In a Greater Context, Dennis Wingo, SpaceRef “In October 2011 of a report leaked out of NASA showing that […]
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NASA Studies Fuel Depots – But Won't Brief Congress On Them
NASA Still Studying Space-Based Fuel Depots, Aviation Week “Michael Gazarik, NASA’s space technology program director, says that CPST and the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket currently under development are […]
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Update: NASA's Stealth Fuel Depot Studies
Fueling Stations vs. Monster Rocket, Dana Rohrabacher, Space News “At the end of our July 12 House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing, “A Review of NASA’s Space Launch System,” […]
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Update on NASA's Hidden Fuel Depot Studies
NASA Is Considering Fuel Depots in the Skies, NY Times “Although General Bolden promised to provide the information, [Rep. Dana] Rohrabacher said he had obtained the study about propellant depots […]
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NASA Studies Show Cheaper Alternatives to SLS
Internal NASA Studies Show Cheaper and Faster Alternatives to Space Launch System This presentation “Propellant Depot Requirements Study – Status Report – HAT Technical Interchange Meeting – July 21, 2011” […]
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Fuel Depots and Congress
Rohrabacher Demands Release of NASA’s Recent On-Orbit Fuel Depot Analysis “Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) continued his criticism of NASA’s new design for deep space exploration by sending a letter […]