Reusable Booster System Business Case Incomplete; Underlying Technologies Show Significant Potential, NRC “Due to uncertainties in the business case and yet-to-be mitigated technology risks associated with the Reusable Booster System (RBS) concept, it is currently premature for Air Force Space Command to invest substantially in developing RBS, says a new report from the National Research Council. However, the report strongly endorses the continued research and advanced technology development needed for […]

GAO: Commercial Space Launches: FAA Should Update How It Assesses Federal Liability Risk “According to studies, the United States provides less commercial space launch indemnification for third party losses than China, France, and Russia. These countries put no limit on the amount of government indemnification coverage, which in the United States is limited by the Commercial Space Launch Act Amendments of 1988 (CSLAA). Governments’ commitments to pay have never been […]

Rocket Launch Completed From NASA Wallops “The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket was successfully conducted at 7:16 a.m. EDT today from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch was to test several new rocket and spacecraft technologies.” Keith’s 9 Jun note: NASA Wallops is trying to launch a Terrier-improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from NASA’s Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia today. At […]

United Launch Alliance Successfully launches Fourth NRO Mission in Six Months “A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 6:38 p.m. EST today. Designated NROL-27, the mission is in support of national defense. This marks the fourth NRO launch accomplished by ULA since Sept. 20, 2010 and occurred just six days after the Atlas V […]

NASA Launching Colorado Solar Experiment February 23 “NASA will launch a University of Colorado experiment to image the sun on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket February 23, from the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) will support measurements by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite. … NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program is managed at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.” Keith’s note: If you go […]