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As noted by Patrick Michels of the Dallas Observer blog Unfair Park, NASA Enlists Caddo Mills-Based Armadillo Aerospace For A Boost to Suborbital Space, “Like other NewSpace teams, [Armadillo Aerospace] pretty much define themselves against the glacial pace and dense bureaucracy of government spaceflight — but at least until there’s a real market for space tourism [...] Today’s New York Times reports that Nobel Winners Back Obama Space Strategy. The problem that we have with this letter is that these are all scientists who of course want more research money and funding for University-led research, for which the Obama space plan would be a boon. One of the letter’s prime movers is Dr. [...] 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 Live blog of the DM-2 Test Post-Test T-20 T-30 WASHINGTON — Three compilations of images from more than half a century of NASA history are available for comment on a section of the photo-sharing site Flickr known as The Commons. Visitors to NASA on The Commons can help tell the photos’ story by adding tags, or keywords, to the images to identify objects and people. [...] NASA Selects Two Firms For Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights WASHINGTON — NASA’s Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR) has awarded a total of approximately $475,000 to Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas and Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif. The awards will allow the two companies to perform test flights of their experimental vehicles near the [...] OFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA will host a Green Aviation Summit Sept. 8-9 to highlight the agency’s work to develop environmentally responsible aviation technologies. The two-day meeting at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., will bring together experts from NASA, other federal government organizations, industry and academia. They will discuss groundbreaking solutions that NASA [...] Congratulations to the ISS crew for replacing a persnickety cooling pump, as reported by the AP in Spacewalking astronauts plug in new cooling pump. AmericaSpace Note: The real issue of the cooling pump was not one of whether the astronauts could get the job done–these folks always seem to come through no matter how bad it [...] The Huntsville Times is carrying the story, U.S. Space & Rocket Center CEO Larry Capps Announces Retirement. From the article, it is clear that the U.S. Space & Rocket Center had a near-death experience 10 years ago and was pulled from the brink by General Capps. Jim’s Note: While growing up in Alabama, I must [...] 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 [...] |
Earl and Fiona
 This image from the GOES-13 satellite, taken at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, shows a huge Hurricane Earl northeast of North Carolina with cloud cover stretching over the northeastern U.S. A disorganized Tropical Storm Fiona is located in the bottom right of this image. Image Credit: NASA/NOAA Goes Project Read More |
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