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SpaceX Wins Contract ULA Refused to Bid; Saves Taxpayer $60 Million
By 2016.04.29 1 Comments Read More →

SpaceX Wins Contract ULA Refused to Bid; Saves Taxpayer $60 Million

Mars was not the only thing in SpaceX’s orbit on Thursday. On the same day that the company announced it is aiming for a landing on the Red Planet as early as 2018, it also landed the first award in its long sought campaign to launch national security missions under the Air Force’s EELV program. […]

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Annual House / NASA Verbal Brawl Sees More Punches Landed
By 2014.04.09 1 Comments Read More →

Annual House / NASA Verbal Brawl Sees More Punches Landed

(Video starts at discussion on contingencies) In what has become an passage of spring, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was testifying before Congress once again yesterday, this time before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. The committee, chaired by retiring Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, has been the scene of more than […]

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