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For those of you who cannot tune-into the webcast of the Senate Science & Transportation Committee’s hearing on Assessing Commercial Space Capabilities, which is being held today at 2:30 PM EDST, we will be live-blogging this event. In the meantime, here’s the witness panel: Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford Credit: SpaceX Chalk-up a big catch for the new guys. As reported in the Wall Street Journal by Andy Pasztor (subscription required), SpaceX Rocket to Carry Loral Satellite. Even better, SpaceX beat the Russians and French on price. As for the first test-flight of Falcon 9, “Most likely, some set of unexpected things will happen that [...] Check out this great video of the successful milestones that ATK has made on Ares I, ATK Progress on NASA’s Constellation Program. Constellation’s Ares I launcher is making great progress, which makes the Administration’s efforts to end Constellation so…just other-worldly.
FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Andrew Knapp Florida Today’s space guru reporter Todd Halvorson, in his article, Panelists Criticize Space Plan, has a great breakdown of the problems facing the President should he decide to demonstrate a profile in courage and return to the Space Coast. “President Barack Obama is in for a chilly reception when he visits the Space Coast [...] Dr. Edward Crawley At the IEEE/AIAA confrence in Big Sky, Montana, Dr. Edward Crawley, MIT Professor and former member of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, a.k.a. the Augustine Committee, presented to the audience the Augustine Committee’s activities, research and thought processes as it reached its findings. Dr. Crawley did a [...] According to SpaceFlight Now, which was covering today’s Falcon 9 static test fire on itsMission Status Center, SpaceX aborted the Falcon 9′s static test fire. At 1:42 PM (EST), a flash of fire and smoke was just observed at the base of the Falcon 9 rocket, but the engines did not ignite. According to Spaceflight [...] Paint falling off of Falcon 9 In an article in the L.A. Times, A lot is riding on SpaceX rocket, it was reported, “The average space shuttle flight costs about $1 billion, he said. Flights from SpaceX will run around $100 million.” Let’s go through those numbers a bit. According to the Augustine Committee’s Final Report, p. 50, [...] This will be held on March 9th, at Brevard Community College’s Bernard Smkpkins Fine Arts Center starting at 7PM. FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit There is a really good review of the Hutchison space legislation, which was released yesterday, over at Human spaceflight rules within 60-days of Senator Hutchison act. As Hyperbola points out, while NASA’s leadership may be working on Plan B, with Congress now in the mix, Bolden & Co. will be much busier. (Via Hyperbola.) FacebookTwitterDiggItTechnoratiDel.icio.usBlinklistFurlreddit Paint falling off of Falcon 9 Watch this video,Falcon 9 has paint and/or primer literally falling off, and you’ll that a good amount of the rocket has lost its paint and cork insulation. You will also notice small pieces of paint and cork insulation falling off the Falcon 9. Then, at 00:08, a much [...] |
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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