In one of its final acts the 1112th Congress passed the Space Exploration Sustainability Act, a bill originally introduced on December 4th by newly re-elected Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, and retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. The primary purpose of the legislation was to secure space launch liability indemnification for another year, (the House wanted two years) and to […]
Yesterday, the Golden Spike Company presented its plan for a return to the Moon beginning perhaps as early as the end of this decade. The technical aspects of the plan, and that’s all it really is at the moment, is described in some detail in this document, posted on the Goldenspikecompany.com website. Coming as it does both […]
Following up on yesterday’s surprise announcement in Space News that the Air Force was setting aside 14 EELV class launch opportunities for competitive bidding starting in 2015, Aviation Week is reporting that a separate but related Air Force launch procurement effort, the Orbital/Suborbital (OSP-3) is making its first two awards to SpaceX. The OSP program is functioning both […]
The House subcommittee held a hearing to “explore” progress in the SLS/Orion program today. Prepared statements can be found here. Two items stand out, the first is a new definition for affordability offered by Boeing V.P. Jim Chilton, who speaking of modest improvements in processing said, “This will enable the country to finally have access to […]
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