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15 Jun 2010, 4:10 am by Jeff Foust
The key elements of that bill, as described in that letter, include: Support for extending operations of the ISS to at least 2020; One additional shuttle mission (the “Launch on Need” contingency mission for the last currently-scheduled mission), which would fly only after “successful completion of an independent safety review”; A “walk before you can run” approach to commercial crew transportation, funding additional risk reduction activity patterned after the… [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 9:38 am by PJ Blount
A/AC.105/L.277) Blogs Space Law and the Future of Space Exploration – Bright Hub Appropriations Process Still Waiting for Budget Resolution – Space Policy Online John Wayne Airport Settlement Agreement – Past and Future – Aviation and Airport Development Law Blog American Small Business League Sues NASA (Again) – NASA Watch NASA Invokes Anti-Deficiency Act – NASA Watch Congress and contractors reject NASA move on Constellation moon plan – The Write Stuff… [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 1:33 pm by PJ Blount
– JETLaw Blog Opinions on Lunar Policy and Communication – Space Prizes Third Circuit upholds summary judgment for airline in overbooking case – The NV Flyer U.S. [read post]
6 Jun 2010, 6:27 am by Jeff Foust
Spencer, as you may recall, wrote a letter to President Obama in late April, also signed by former NASA JSC director Chris Kraft, asking for the shuttle program to be extended and that a plan be developed to begin human lunar missions by 2020. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 7:16 am by smlangston
Langston and blog faculty Source: iafastro.org On 31 May, the opening ceremony of the Global Lunar Conference took place with about 450 delegates from 26 nations. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 9:01 am by smlangston
He made the remarks on Monday during the ongoing Global Lunar Conference in Beijing, which is organized by the International Astronautical Federation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 3:46 am by Jeff Foust
Meanwhile, Dennis Wingo, another advocate for lunar exploration and development, seeks a compromise between the White House plan and opponents who wish to keep Constellation. [read post]
30 May 2010, 12:25 pm by Jeff Foust
She later added that even though the new plan does not explicitly include a lunar landing, “we are not giving up on the Moon. [read post]
29 May 2010, 6:53 am by Jeff Foust
” The one interesting, and relatively new, idea in his speech is that the first human mission beyond low Earth orbit might in fact be a return to Moon—or, rather, lunar orbit. [read post]
19 May 2010, 5:47 pm by Jeff Foust
That provision would have delayed a human lunar mission to at least 2025. [read post]
5 May 2010, 9:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Joining Hadfield will be NASA astronaut and flight surgeon Thomas Marshburn, Lunar Electric Rover Deputy Project Manager Andrew Abercromby and Steve Chappell, a research scientist. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 3:47 am by Jeff Foust
How much extra it would cost to continue flying the shuttle while also ramping up the development of Constellation (or some other system) to permit human lunar missions in ten years, and where that money should come from given heightened concerns about budget deficits, isn’t addressed in the letter. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 1:27 pm by PJ Blount
– Hyperbola Pushing Toward a Single European Sky – Aviation Law Prof Blog Japan Reassessing Its Human Space Flight Goals Too – Space Policy Online FAA guidance makes it clear: There is no room for distraction in the cockpit – DOT Blog A Look at China’s Use of Airships – Secrecy News Targeted Killing Lite: Inside the CIA’s New Drone Arsenal – Danger Room Harrison Schmitt details concerns about proposed Space Policy changes – Lunar… [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 2:46 pm by Phil Cameron
And Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan remains the last human to have walked on the lunar surface.In statements e-mailed to the Associated Press and NBC, Armstrong and other astronauts took exception with Obama's plan to cancel NASA's return-to-the-moon program, dubbed Project Constellation.Armstrong, in an e-mail to the AP, said he had "substantial reservations. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 6:26 am by Greenberg & Bederman
Another stunning feat was the reattachment of the lunar module, which essentially launched itself from the surface of the moon (with two astronauts inside) and attached itself to the orbit module which was zooming along at thousands of feet above the surface. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 7:00 am
It's "early" this year (since our holidays are tied to a lunar calendar, it's difficult to know from year to year how close it falls to Easter). [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 8:37 am by PJ Blount
Blogs Response from ACLU’s Jonathan Manes on Drones and US Forces – Volokh Conspiracy £41 million for UK space but no Her Majesty’s agency – Hyperbola The Idiocy of Lunar Ownership – The Space Advocate NTSB Dismisses FAA Appeal For Untimely Filing Of Appeal Brief – Aviation Law Discussions Other notes from Tuesday’s hearing – Space Politics More talk (and denials) of a Plan B at NASA – Space Politics Airbus Naughty, Says WTO… [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 4:22 am by Jeff Foust
Later, though, he acknowledged that “deferral of the lunar option may be required depending upon available budget” and that a human asteroid mission “may be less challenging and expensive” than a lunar landing. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 3:23 pm by Dan Pinnington
But let’s suffice it to say that odds of the settings and circumstances working out so that Message Recall could in fact pull back an errant message are about as rare as a total lunar eclipse. [read post]