Keith’s note: According to this press release NASAâs Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2023 Annual Report. According to the ASAP Report: “The current budget environment has significant implications for mission […]
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Posted inExploration
A Simplistic And Misleading Comparison Of Commercial Space And Mountaineering
To Understand Low-Earth Orbit, Look to Mt. Everest “Getting to low-Earth orbit is a lot like climbing Mt. Everest. It’s not impossible, but it’s difficult, expensive and risky. As experience […]
Posted inISS News
The Nauka Incident: Deja Vu All Over Again In Space
Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation, Jim Oberg, IEEE Spectrum “How close the station had come to disaster is an open question, and the flight director humorously alluded to it […]
Posted inCommercialization
The Boeing Company Has A Big Safety Culture Problem
Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. and ‘Clowns’ Who Designed 737 Max, NY Times “The most damaging messages included conversations among Boeing pilots and other employees about software issues and other problems […]
Posted inCulture
NASA JSC Certainly Got All Of The Safety Memos
Keith’s note: From a retired NASA employee and long-time NASAWatch reader: “Keith, the attached photo was just too instructive to pass up. Let me explain. This is at the Gilruth […]
Posted inSafety
MSFC To Safety Contractor: Just Ignore Those SLS Software Issues
Keith’s note: According to sources at NASA MSFC the contractor performing software safety tests found massive errors in the SDF test cases (no hardware testing, just software). The quality check […]
Posted inSafety
SLS Flight Software Safety Issues Continue at MSFC
Keith’s 4 November update: In a recent meeting the new NASA MSFC QD34 CSO said that SLS Launch commit criteria aren’t being tested with software. Sources report that upper management […]
Posted inAstronauts
Advisory Committee Has Issues With Fueling Crewed Falcon 9
Experts concerned by SpaceX plan to fuel rockets with people aboard, Reuters “It was unanimous … Everybody there, and particularly the people who had experience over the years, said nobody […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
SLS Flight Software Safety Issues at MSFC (Update)
Keith’s 31 October update: NASA MSFC Internal Memo: Key Personnel Announcement -Teresa Washington is retiring, NASA MSFC “Upon the upcoming retirement of Teresa Washington, I am pleased to announce the […]
Posted inShuttle News 1997-2003
You Cannot Learn From What You Have Forgotten
NASA Has To Fight The Forgetting, NBC “[Space workers] need the consequent inescapable ache of fear and the gnawing of doubt that keeps asking, over and over, if they’ve covered […]