Sep 14, 2022
Recently educated The Youths™ about the Constellation Program at work. Who else here remembers Ares I-X?
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Recently educated The Youths™ about the Constellation Program at work. Who else here remembers Ares I-X?
Concept art for Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA. Constellation Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Art design by John Frassanito & Associates.
Bill introduced to redirect NASA to Moon, establish sustained presence
Bill introduced to redirect NASA to Moon, establish sustained presence
An artist’s rendering of a space station in cislunar space utilizing a combination of private and government vehicles. Image Credit: Nathan Koga / SpaceFlight Insider
A bill that would direct NASA to return to the Moon and establish a sustained presence was referred to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Feb. 3, 2017. (more…)
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Silent Thunder models of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles.
Read about this cancelled space project.
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Three Days to "Fight for Space" : An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Paul Hildebrandt
Three Days to “Fight for Space” : An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Paul Hildebrandt
Fight for Space is a documentary film that explores the history of the US Space Program, the NASA budget, and the future. (Photo credit: Fight for Space)
Last week, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket soared into the clear night sky above Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The grumbling rocket carrying the U.S. Navy’s MUOS-3 satellite was watched by hundreds of thousands world…
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Watching the Orion Test on the NASA Channel.
Orion has reached the apogee of its final orbit before splashdown. Splashdown will occur in about an hour. So far, NASA's latest manned spacecraft has performed flawlessly. The Orion capsule will take humans back to the Moon, asteroids, and eventually to Mars.
When I first heard funding for the Constellation program was cut
We can ill afford the expense of an Apollo on steroids, as a former NASA Administrator referred to the Ares/Orion program. A lesser President might have waited until after the upcoming election cycle, not caring that billions more dollars would be wasted. It was disappointing to see how many in Congress did not possess this courage. One senator in particular was determined to achieve a new altitude record in hypocrisy, claiming that the public option was bad in healthcare, but good in space!
— Elon Musk