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 […]
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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 […]
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That Alternate Reality Without SLS
How I learned to stop worrying and love the big $60B NASA rocket, Ars Technica “So if NASA makes 20 SLS flights by the end of the 2030s, the rocket […]
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SLS Flight Software Safety Issues at MSFC (Update)
Keith’s 29 September update: Sources report that a substantial portion of the contractor staff working for the SLS safety contractor at NASA MSFC QD34 want out and are asking for […]
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SLS Huggers Love The Smell of RP-1 In The Morning
SLS hugger @DittmarML from Coalition for Deep Space Exploration makes jokes at expense of @SpaceX @XploreDeepSpace https://t.co/1tnW72YtbS — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 2, 2016 Hydrazine and smoke are a bad […]
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NASA Future In-Space Operations: Space Launch System to Mars
NASA FISO Presentation: NASA’s Space Launch System: Powering the Journey to Mars “Now available is the August 3, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speakers were Chris […]
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NASA's Faith-Based Approach For Future SLS/Orion Budgets
A new, independent review of the Orion spacecraft is pretty damning, Ars Technica “Despite these concerns, NASA is pressing ahead with an effort to try and accelerate development of Orion […]
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Double GAO Reports: SLS and Orion Cost and Risk Estimates Are Still Unreliable
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Action Needed to Improve Visibility into Cost, Schedule, and Capacity to Resolve Technical Challenges, GAO “GAO found that the Orion program’s cost and schedule estimates are […]
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Old Space Ponders New Space But Only Sees Old Space
Market doesn’t justify reusable launchers, expendable rocket makers argue, Ars Technica “Monday evening in Salt Lake City, some aerospace industry officials sat down to discuss this new development. The panel […]
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NASA Just Lost Buzz Aldrin on SLS and The #JourneyToMars
Buzz Aldrin says NASA is going about Mars exploration the wrong way, Ars Technica “In his remarks, Aldrin said NASA should change the approach it has had in place since […]