NASA Appoints Constellation Program Managers “Lawrence D. Thomas has been appointed manager of NASA’s Constellation Program, which manages the effort to take humans beyond low-Earth orbit and develop the next […]
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Lockheed Martin Moves Forth on Orion Contract Changes
Orion Budget is Cut 20 Per Cent with 600 Jobs Eliminated and Progress Slowed, Ken Kremer “The impact of termination liability on the contract has necessitated a 20 percent reduction […]
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NASA Invokes Anti-Deficiency Act
Letter From Charles Bolden to Sen. Shelby Regarding Constellation “Current estimates for potential termination liability under Constellation contracts total $994 million. Once these termination liability estimates are accounted for, the […]
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NASA Invokes Anti-Deficiency Act – Will CxP Grind To a Halt?
NASA order may force shutdown of Constellation moon-rocket program, Orlando Sentinel “In a surprise move, NASA has told the major contractors working on its troubled Constellation moon rocket program that […]
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Building Orion
NASA’s First Lunar Orion Test Capsule Built, Ken Kremer “America’s first Lunar Test capsule for people since Project Apollo has just been welded into shape. This work finishes the structural […]
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Constellation Stakes Are Being Raised
GAO report says NASA didn’t break law with ‘study teams, Huntsville Times “NASA hasn’t broken the law by spending nearly 13,000 hours of staff time planning what comes after the […]
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Work Continues On Cancelled Rocket
Busy Schedule for Rocket Obama Wants Scrapped, NY Times “Last month, in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, President Obama modified his proposal, originally unveiled in February, and called […]
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New Senate Roadblock To Obama Space Plans
NASA’s moon program gets a boost from Congress, Orlando Sentinel “The measure by Republican Sens. Richard Shelby of Alabama and Bob Bennett of Utah would force NASA to keep spending […]
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Orion Abort Test Photos
Abort Test Photos, Aviation Week “NASA tested the launch abort system for the Orion crew exploration vehicle for the first time today, with spectacular results. Regardless of the ultimate fate […]
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What Happened to "Apollo on Steroids", Mike?
Bolden, Griffin Display Space Policy Differences, Aviation Week “It has become much to fashion lately to compare Constellation to Apollo, with the thought of course that we don’t want to […]