NASA Delivers Heavy Lift Proposal to Congress, Space News “NASA told U.S. lawmakers Jan. 10 it intends to build a heavy-lift rocket that incorporates the space shuttle’s main engines, giant […]
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Congress Still Funds a Cancelled Rocket
NASA spending $500 million for canceled rocket, Orlando Sentinel “Thanks to congressional inaction, NASA must continue to fund its defunct Ares I rocket program until March — a requirement that […]
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ATK's Congressional Delegation Continues To Push for Solids
NASA’s human spaceflight program is ‘adrift’ as budget cuts may doom deal, Orlando Sentinel “With this fiscal environment in mind, [general manager of Lockheed Martin’s human space flight division] John […]
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Replacing Ares V
NASA Selects Companies For Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle Studies “NASA has selected 13 companies for negotiations leading to potential contract awards to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for evaluating heavy-lift […]
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There's More Than One Way To Use Existing Parts for a HLV
NASA must build rocket, not Congress, editorial, Sun Sentinel “Congress did, fortunately, leave NASA a loophole. The bill says the space agency must use existing elements of other programs “to […]
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Braun: NASA – Not Congress – Needs to Pick HLV Design
NASA technology chief: We’ll decide what rocket we want to build, Orlando Sentinel “NASA engineers — not Congress — must determine the design of America’s next big spaceship to take […]
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EELVs are Still An Option For NASA
Garver, Bolden Urge Passage of NASA Authorization, Space News “Despite prescriptive language in the Senate bill that directs NASA to begin building a space shuttle-derived heavy-lift launch vehicle next year, […]
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Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?
Frank Sietzen, Jr.: Consider how many space initiatives the United States didn’t pursue in the past half century. A fully reusable launch vehicle. A 20-person expendable space station. New heavy […]
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NASA HLV Development: Hurry Up And Wait
Deputy NASA leader Lori Garver thinks stalemate between Congress and White House is over, Huntsville Times “Garver was asked how NASA can plan at the same time to either fast-track […]
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HLV BAA Released
NASA MSFC Internal Email: Procurement Sensitivity for Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) NNM10ZDA001K “The BAA NNM10ZDA001K will be released to industry in the near future for the Heavy Lift and Propulsion […]