NASA will retire its new mega-rocket if SpaceX or Blue Origin can safely launch its own powerful rockets, Business Insider “I think our view is that if those commercial capabilities […]
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When In Huntsville Make Sure To Sip The SLS Koolaid
NASA boss Bridenstine ‘100 percent’ behind SLS and Alabama center. AL.com “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday that he supports “100 percent” the agency’s Space Launch System program and the […]
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Bridenstine May Not Be Drinking That SLS Koolaid
How can NASA return to the Moon? By making everything reusable, chief says, Ars Technica “However, the big rocket NASA has been developing since 2011, the Space Launch System, is […]
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NASA's Saturday Morning Cartoon Guide To SLS-Orion
I'm sorry but this @NASA graphic looks like a clip from a Scooby Doo episode. https://t.co/hEePFiBvaa — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 31, 2018
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SLS Plumbing Is Full Of Paraffin Wax. Oops.
Contamination found in SLS engine tubing, SpaceNews “At a May 17 meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, panel member Don McErlean said the […]
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Boeing's Misleading Anti-SpaceX Pro-SLS Facebook Ad Campaign
Keith’s note: We’ve all heard about those misleading campaign ads on Facebook. Well, while the campaign ads are under scrutiny big aerospace companies are quietly luring people to websites that […]
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Radical Shift in SLS Launch Plans Discussed at MSFC (Update)
(revised) @NASA MSFC Center Director Todd May has talked to #NASA employees about new plans for the first 4 @NASA_SLS flights to be on identical rockets with @NASA_Orion but without […]
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SLS Upper Stage Changes While Software Problems Linger
Statement by Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot – Hearing on NASA FY2019 Budget “NASA plans to launch an initial, uncrewed deep space mission, Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), in FY 2020. The […]
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@VP Promotes Economic Impact of SLS/Orion
As I briefed @POTUS & @Cabinet today: with @NASA_SLS & @NASA_Orion leading the way back to the moon and with support of our commercial partners – the U.S. is keeping […]
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NASA Gives Free Social Media Ads For SLS/Orion Contractors
Keith’s note: What is really strange is the fact that NASA gives free promotion/advertising to its contractors yet Congress prohibits NASA from advertising about itself. Interesting. @NASA is now offering […]