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Update: NewSpace V. Old Ways and SpaceX in Congressional Crosshairs
Image Credit : SpaceX On Monday, Innerspace reported on a story in Space News about an excerpt from a letter sent by U.S. Representatives Lamar Smith (Tx) and Steven Palazzo, (Ms) to NASA...
View ArticleMixed Messages From Mars One
Some conflicting information came out this week regarding Mars One, the privately (un) funded project which aims to send teams of four colonists each to the Red Planet beginning in the mid- 2020”s. As...
View ArticleThe Plantary Society’s Orbiting Mars Workshop: Secrecy, But No Falcons
Fact, followed by Editorial Opinion. Beginning in 2012, after NASA somewhat reluctantly adopted the Space Launch System architecture dictated by Congress the previous year, America’s space agency has...
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Congress Wants GAO Review of Commercial Resupply, Air Force Review of SpaceX
Following a polite, but factual slap-down by NASA in its response to Congressional inquiries into whether or not SpaceX has received preferential treatment in how an accident review board is being...
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Aerojet-Rocketdyne Offers $2 Billion for ULA
The RD-180, A great Engine but a Problem Child According to Reuters, Aerojet-Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. has made an offer to purchase United Launch Alliance from parent companies Boeing and Lockheed...
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Orion First Crewed Mission Slips to 2023
NASA held a media teleconference on Wednesday to announce the results of a critical review of the space agency’s Orion spacecraft, which had been tentatively scheduled for a first crewed launch in...
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Jupiter/Exoliner Reportedly Eliminated From NASA Supply Contract, Dream...
Jupiter/EXolinerCredit: Lockheed Martin The Wall Street Journal reports that Lockheed Martin has been eliminated from NASA’a CRS-2 competition to award the next round of space station cargo resupply...
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SNC To Resume Testing Dream Chaser in 2016
Last week, we reported that Lockheed Martin has apparently been quietly eliminated from NASA’s CRS-2 resupply contract competition, speculating that it could be a development which opened the crack a...
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Lockheed Martin Proposes 2028 Outpost in Mars Orbit
Mars Base CampCredit: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin has put forward a proposal which answers one of the primary criticisms leveled at NASA’s “Journey to Mars,” namely that it doesn’t get there soon...
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NASA RFI Suggests Support for Orion May Be Slipping
OrionCredit: NASA As it prepares for possible changes to U.S. space policy with the election of a new president, NASA has quietly opened the door to what could be a major revision to its flagship Space...
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