Keith’s note: NASA Public Affairs has issued this statement (you have to ask for it and they are apparently not going to post it on their website for some reason): “NASA was notified that Blue Origin filed a bid protest with the United States Court of Federal Claims (COFC) following the denial of the protests filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding NASA’s selection for the human landing […]

NASA OIG: NASA’s Management and Development of Spacesuits, NASA OIG “NASA continues to manage an array of design and health risks associated with the EMUs used by ISS crew. In addition, only 11 of the 18 original EMU Primary Life Support System units – a backpack-like structure that performs a variety of functions required to keep an astronaut alive during a spacewalk – are still in use, raising concerns that […]