Chairman Smith Responds to NASA Administrator Bolden about Mars Flyby Mission “In comments before the National Academies, Administrator Bolden today misrepresented a Mars Flyby 2021 mission. The Administrator indicated that […]
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Bait and Switch For Mars – Hardly Inspirational
Inspiration Mars Sets Sights on Venus/Mars Flyby in 2021, Dennis Tito, opinion, SpaceNews “Today, the IMF remains fully committed to its vision to help provide America with a viable, challenging […]
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Ignoring The Mars Flyby Sticker Shock
Cooke: America needs a plan for space exploration, Opinion, Houston Chronicle “Through logical progression and meaningful missions, I believe Americans will be motivated to support appropriate but reasonable budgets, that […]
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Is Inspiration Mars a "NASA Mission"? It Depends Who You Ask
Statement of NASA Spokesman David Weaver Regarding Commercial Space and Inspiration Mars “NASA has had conversations with Inspiration Mars to learn about their efforts and will continue discussions with them […]
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Inspiration Mars Wants To Use ISS
Volunteers Line Up For Tito’s Mars Flyaround, Aviation Week “Doug Cooke, a recently retired top NASA manager who spearheaded exploration-systems development for the agency, has joined the private group’s board […]
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Inspiration Mars Is Drinking the SLS Koolaid
Feasibility Analysis for a Manned Mars Free-Return Mission in 2018, Inspiration Mars, Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon colloquium Keith’s note: One chart in this presentation lists using SLS as an […]
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Inspiration Mars Is Being Pushed by NASA To Consider SLS
Keith’s note: After interaction with/pressure from NASA JSC and MSFC Inspiration Mars is now considering use of single launch of SLS for their mission. Of course, the use of SLS […]
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Tweaking Inspiration Mars
Inspiration Mars: Some Thoughts About Their Plan, Dennis Wingo, SpaceRef “While as of yet the plan is incomplete, it is a baseline from which to build on, and most importantly […]
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How Dennis Tito Plans To Send People to Mars
This Is How Dennis Tito Plans To Send People to Mars, SpaceRef “If Dennis Tito has his way, two people will leave our planet in January 2018 and make a […]
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Dennis Tito To Announce Private Human Mars Mission (Update)
The Planets are Aligning for a Once-in-a-Generation Space Journey “The Inspiration Mars Foundation, a newly formed nonprofit organization led by American space traveler and entrepreneur Dennis Tito, invites you to […]