Tag: L2

SkyLab II, Inspiration Mars and Promoting SLS
By 2013.04.02 3 Comments Read More →

SkyLab II, Inspiration Mars and Promoting SLS

Keith Cowing reported on March 28th, that the Inspiration Mars Foundation is being heavily pressured by elements at JSC and MSFC to base its plans for a 2018 circumnavigation of Mars on a single launch of the agency’s yet to be flown Space Launch System.  Although  Cowing did not reveal the source of his information, given NASAWatch’s role in bringing other […]

Posted in: Launch Vehicle Development, NASA
NASA Pushes for an L-2 Outpost
By 2012.09.26 0 Comments Read More →

NASA Pushes for an L-2 Outpost

The Orlando Sentinel reported that NASA administrator Charles Bolden met with White House officials recently to lobby for the agency’s plan to develop a small space station at the Earth – Moon L-2 La Grange point beyond the lunar far side. If approved, the station, would represent the first step along the so-called “flexible path”of space exploration which was […]

Posted in: NASA, SLS / Orion, Space Stations
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