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As reported by the BBC in, Obama Nasa Plans ‘Catastrophic’ Say Moon Astronauts, Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jim Lovell opposed the Obama Administration’s plan for a “new direction” for NASA. The BBC’s Pallab Ghosh interviewed Moon Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan at a a private event at the Royal Society in London [...] 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 Ares I–We Have Lift-off! According to Jeff Foust, 6 House members will hold a press conference tomorrow to ask NASA Administrator Bolden to explain how intends to save the human space flight program. They will also ask for a 30-day study on how to ensure uninterrupted, independent U.S. human space flight access under the current [...] Update 1: Seems more videos have been removed. Also, updated so the images work and the number of followers is visible. Yesterday, we were looking at 3 video posted by NASA on YouTube showing several successful tests of the Ares I program. One video we liked so much we actually copied so that we could watch [...] 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, [...] Michael Griffin Listening tonight to Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, debate former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin on PBS was a case study of sound bites versus informed opinion. I don’t write that to be harsh–it’s just my own personal observation. While Alexander, who has a strong aerospace background, threw-out phrases such as Orion [...] NASA and the White House just announced the following awards for Space Pioneers: Blue Origin will receive $3.7 million This money should help some not only stay in business but create some [...] |
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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