Keith’s update: NASA held a hastily-arranged 30 minute media briefing this afternoon on the surprise plan to put a crew on the very first SLS mission.This plan was semi-officially announced […]
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Today's Sudden NASA Media Briefing on SLS Launch Fever
NASA to Hold Media Teleconference Today on Study to Add Crew to First Orion, Space Launch System Mission “NASA will discuss plans for an ongoing study to assess the feasibility […]
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Lightfoot Tries a SLS Hail Mary Pass
Acting NASA Administrator Lightfoot Memo: Agency Update – Feb. 15, 2017 “Related to that, I have asked Bill Gerstenmaier to initiate a study to assess the feasibility of adding a […]
Posted inCommercialization
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Sells Out and Endorses SLS (Update)
Leading Commercial Space Group Embraces NASA’s Biggest Rocket, Wall Street Journal “Before his speech outlining the revised stance on the Space Launch System, Mr. Stern said his primary goal is […]
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Alabama's Anti-Commercial Space Whisper Campaign Begins
Could Donald Trump be better for NASA in Alabama than Obama?, Huntsville Times “Huntsville attorney Mark McDaniel was on the NASA Advisory Council when George W. Bush was president. He […]
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Will Trump Try And Get A Better Deal On SLS/Orion?
Trump convenes Pentagon brass ‘to bring costs down’, Politico “Donald Trump on Wednesday convened more than half a dozen top military officers, including for a discussion about “trying to bring […]
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 […]
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Continuing Resolution Protects SLS/Orion and JPSS – For Now
Short-Term Continuing Resolution to Maintain Government Operations Released House Appropriations Committee “House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) (H.R. 2028) to prevent a government shutdown […]
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NASA Just Confirmed That Their Whole #JourneyToMars Thing Is Broken
NASA realizes SLS and Orion are too expensive, opens door to competitors, Ars Technica “Specifically, the document requests responses about: “Competing exploration services in the mid-2020s timeframe and beyond if […]
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SLS To Mars: In Synch or Out Of Touch With Trump?
Why Mars Can Be Affordable And Achievable, Joe Cassady/AeroJet, Huffington Post “On the other hand, the Space Launch System (SLS) is the key to placing large blocks of payload into […]