It is not as though Senator Hatch is against commercial space efforts. As the Senator notes, he is for commercial efforts. But Hatch feels that the commercial crew launchers have a long way to go before they are able to match the capabilities and rigors that NASA and its contractors, in this instance ATK, are [...]
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PROMONTORY, Utah – With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. The stationary firing of the first-stage development solid rocket motor, [...] First, the test was a success, as NASA’s and ATK’s press releases have announced. Enclosed is a video link of the test. Note at the beginning the flash of the igniter from the mirror staring up the exit nozzle of the motor. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Doug Cooke thanks the team for doing a great job and says that it’s great for an engineer to see a successful engineering test. Mr. Cooke is noting the hopeful resolution of the question of which direction to go in human space flight. He mentions that work today puts on a path to achieve human [...] Live blog of the DM-2 Test Post-Test T-20 T-30 The Huntsville Times’ Lee Roop reports that NASA Deputy Administrator Garver met with his paper’s editorial board, in Deputy NASA leader Lori Garver thinks stalemate between Congress and White House is over during which D.A. Garver mades the following points: The stalemate between Congress and the White House is over. WASHINGTON — NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, first stage solid rocket motor at 11:05 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 31. The test at the ATK Aerospace Systems test facility in Promontory, Utah will assess motor performance at low temperatures. The static firing of the solid motor, designated Development [...] From Space News, Senate Prescribed Heavy lifter Looks Like Ares 5 “Senate legislation authorizing $58 billion for NASA over the next three years directs the agency to build a heavy-lift rocket that bears a strong resemblance to the Ares 5 launcher that U.S. President Barack Obama seeks to abandon.” AmericaSpace Note: All we can do with this [...] DM-2 is coming near you later this month. Don’t miss it! AmericaSpace Note: This test will not only provide excellent data on the Ares I first-stage performance, but additionally an superb opportunity to reflect upon the claims, made with great fanfare, by Ares I critics that the Ares I design was flawed or that the [...] They say that Steve Jobs can emit a reality distortion field that causes people, whole audiences, even entire nations to be placed in an hypnotic state that compels them to buy the latest Apple product Steve is talking about. Perhaps. But it seems that NASA’s leadership also lives in a reality distortion field at headquarters. We submit, [...] |
On the Move
 As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer Read More |
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