NASA Gateway Program Justification For Other Than Full and Open Competition For The Minimal Habitation Module “NASA’s decision, based on review of each NextSTEP-2 contractor’s capabilities, to sole source the […]
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The Trump Administration Is Fighting Its Own Space Policy
Here’s a reality check on NASA’s Artemis Moon landing program, Ars Technica “OMB is definitely trying to kill Gateway,” a senior spaceflight source told Ars. “OMB looks at what the […]
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OMB Has Its Sights Set On Gateway
Just as @NASA was directed to speed up lunar landing plans for #Artemis by @VP Pence sources report that OMB is trying to find ways to kill Gateway. That would […]
Posted inCommercialization
Video: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Event on ISS and Gateway Commercialization
Keith’s note: Go to 36:50 for a question to Rick Leach from CASIS about their plans for space commercialization and to HEOMD AA Bill Gerstenmaier at 2:08:20 for a question […]
Posted inArtemis
Maxar Gets The First Big Gateway Contract
NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Lunar Gateway Power, Propulsion “This firm-fixed price award includes an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion and carries a maximum total value of $375 million. The contract begins with […]
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Gateway Does Not Need Canadarm3 For #Moon2024
Accelerated NASA Moon Landing Plan Doesn’t Need Canadian Robotic System, SpaceQ “So with NASA deferring elements of the Gateway not needed for the new plan, comes the question of whether […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Selling Gateway: Caveat Emptor
Facing 2024 deadline, NASA issues a report defending the Lunar Gateway, Ars Technica “On Wednesday, as NASA continued to press lawmakers to support an accelerated plan to return humans to […]
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NASA-Funded Report Says Mars 2033 Is Really Mars 2037/2039
Evaluation of a Human Mission to Mars by 2033 – Full report(PDF) “In August 2017, NASA asked the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) to conduct this independent assessment, […]
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Bridenstine: Gateway Is – And Is Not – A Space Station
OK, this is odd, @JimBridenstine just referred to the Gateway as "a human-tended space station" but just a few minutes ago he said that "Gateway is not a space station". […]
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Canada Joins NASA's Gateway Project
Canada Is Going To The Moon, SpaceQ “Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what many had hoped for by committing Canada to participate in the NASA led effort to return […]