Keith’s note: There was a media briefing today. NASA Administrator Senator Bill Nelson gave an Artemis update and guess what: everything is delayed and it will cost billions more than […]
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Would You Buy A Used Moon Rocket From NASA?
Exploration Production and Operations Long-Term Sustainability, NASA “The primary goals enabling this vision include 1) moving ESD programmatic implementation to a construct in which industry owns vehicle production and the […]
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Boeing Restarts Creepy SLS Campaign On Social Media
Every time @NASA_SLS #SLS has schedule problems @BoeingSpace spends money on social media ads that send you to a website where they overtly tell you that they will sell your […]
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Splitting The Worm Logo On SLS
Keith’s note: Typical NASA. They make a big deal about bringing back the worm logo and then put a monstrous version of it on the SLS. And then they cover […]
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Surprise Surprise. Another SLS Launch Delay
NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022, Ars Technica “Publicly, NASA is still holding on to the possibility of a 2021 launch date for the debut […]
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SLS Just Lost One Of Its Big Selling Points
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission “NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to […]
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NASA Says Media's SLS Costs Are Wrong But Has No Actual SLS Launch Costs To Offer
Supply chain, Artemis program limit SLS use for science missions, Space News “Another issue for those considering SLS is the cost of the vehicle. [Robert] Stough took issue with some […]
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Let's Make Up More Busy Work For Stennis
NASA doesn’t need to test SLS anymore, but the Senate mandates it anyway, Ars Technica “But there was more to the NASA amendment. Wicker co-sponsored it and got his own […]
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Let's Do Some Rocket Math
Watch TIME’s Exclusive Footage of NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Ever Under Construction, Time Time’s Jeffrey Kluger says “A rocket this big does not come cheap. Developing both the SLS and […]
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Yet Another Stealth NASA New Business Event
IMEC and Cook County Partner with NASA to Bring New Business Opportunity Event to Manufacturers “Cook County Board President Preckwinkle, the Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC), and IMEC will host […]