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SpaceX and Boeing continue to make steady progress towards the major flight tests under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. At a NASA Advisory Council (NAC) meeting on Monday, the members were updated on the progress of each of the two providers. Overall, the updates were quite positive with most of the… Read more“NAC provides Starliner, Dragon 2 update – Commercial Crew preps entering final leg to launch”
On September 29th, 2017, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled detailed plans of the Big Falcon Rocket at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. It was a follow-up speech to the prior year’s presentation when he first discussed the architecture of what was then called the Interplanetary Transport System. … Read more“The Evolution of the Big Falcon Rocket”
SpaceX is working a dual test flow for its new Super Heavy and Starship systems, with construction ongoing in Florida while Starhopper prepares to restart test operations in Texas. Two orbital Starship prototypes are now in staggered stages of production while the first Super Heavy booster is set to begin… Read more“SpaceX ramps up operations in South Texas as Hopper tests loom”
As part of a planned presentation to the NASA Advisory Council, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, Kathy Lueders, updated the advisory council on the status of the investigation for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon anomaly that occurred in April.
NASA has released information regarding the U.S. space agency’s payloads that will launch on the Air Force’s STP-2 (Space Test Program -2) mission on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket later this month.
A lot of companies outsource some part of their business. It is quite a common practice, which has a lot of benefits but also poses some risks. We will try to figure out how risky it is to use IT outsourcing services. As a business owner, you may want to… Read more“How risky is IT outsourcing?”
Many people have a question what is better, buy proxies or VPN. Let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of the first and second options, after which you will choose the one that suits you. Despite the fact that the result of both technologies allows you to achieve the same… Read more“When to use proxy, and when VPN”
Regardless of one’s personal opinions of the current executive branch leadership, they demonstrate a real and ongoing interest in space issues. In the past, presidents have dropped into a NASA center, made soaring speeches about space, and then moved on. Vice President Pence, on the contrary, has shown ongoing interest… Read more“Reasons to be optimistic The Politics”
In an unprecedented speech to the National Space Council in March, Vice President Mike Pence rebuked NASA and its major contractors for their “complacency” in returning Americans to the Moon. He announced that President Trump decided to accelerate human lunar landings to 2024, four years faster than planned, and that… Read more“Can NASA return astronauts to the Moon by 2024?”
This video is much in the news lately… I first saw this video at the 2014 , gave a short talk at the conference and showed this video. I’m not sure if the one now viewable on YouTube is an updated version from the one he showed, but it seems… Read more“The LiftPort Lunar elevator”