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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 [...] Readers of this blog will readily agree that it is news when SpaceX and we agree on some facet of human space flight. Yesterday, we found ourselves in agreement. In a post by AvWeek, SpaceX Unveils Heavy-Lift Vehicle Plan, the quote that grabbed our attention was, “For the transition from Earth to Mars, however, SpaceX believes [...] Marcia Smith at SpacePolicyOnline.com has posted that CSIS Releases Report on the Relationship Between National Security and the Commercial Space Sector, titled, “National Security and the Commercial Space Sector: An Analysis and Evaluation of Options for Improving Commercial Access to Space.” FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit For those, such as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who claim that little, if anything, innovative, comes from the tradional aerospace companies, we bring you today, via The Discovery Channel, news of technology developed in the space program by ATK that could make coal fired plants a bit greener. With funding through ARAP-E, the Department of [...] Lee Roop over at the Huntsville Times reports on What keeps Marshall director awake? Fear America’s space skills are fading. Honestly, AmericaSpace is very relieved to hear that someone in NASA’s senior management is worried about retaining America’s aerospace skills and its skilled workforce. We write that because it’s pretty clear that NASA’s executive headquarters staff [...] As reported by the Huntsville Times’ Lee Roop in SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Sen. Richard Shelby spar over Obama space policy, Elon Musk got a bit defensive this weekend over comments made by Ranking Member Senator Richard Shelby during last week’s Senate Appropriations Science Subcommittee hearing. In what can only be called odd commentary, Musk stated, “I [...] Really interesting article by the Huntsville Times’ Lee Roop, NASA, companies unveil breakthrough spacecraft welding process about an event yesterday held at Marshall Space Flight Center to announce a new process of making domes, or common bulkheads, that cuts both cost and weight by 25%. The process is called spin-forming and it replaces the previous process [...] Some interesting points came out of today’s hearing of the House Science and Technology Committee. Ares I Launch Marginal Cost First, the marginal cost of an Ares I launch is $176 million. KOSMAS When Ares I was [...] AmericaSpace Note: This just in from the Conrad Foundation. Jim’s Note: Back in 1999, Pete Conrad was gracious enough to spend over 2 hours working with me through some of the finer points of lunar operations that I was dealing with for a graduate class. Capt. Conrad was a funny as he was insightful. The Conrad Foundation [...] As if the Obama Administration needed any more opposition to its plans to turn NASA into an R&D, rather than a space exploration, center, the Federal Eye’s Ed O’Keefe reports in, Astronaut families press NASA’s case with administration, that the Astronauts Memorial Foundation is strongly opposing the President’s changes to NASA’s human space program in [...] |
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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