Space Access Update #133 6/4/13Copyright 2013 by Space Access Society________________________________________________________________________ In this Issue: – Followup: The Sequester And NASA’s Budget – Followup: Commercial Crew – New ITAR Reform Problem ________________________________________________________________________ ...
Space Access Update #132 5/30/13Copyright 2013 by Space Access Society________________________________________________________________________ In this Issue: – The Sequester – NASA Budget Status – Fixing The Problem – Commercial Crew, The Budget, and The FARs – Space Access ’13 Wrapup ...
Space Access Update #131 3/24/13Copyright 2013 by Space Access Society________________________________________________________________________ In this Issue: – NASA Tech Data Drought – The Race Is Far From Over – Free Advice – “Warning Shots” Correction...
Space Access Update #130 3/4/13Copyright 2013 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ It has been a while since we’ve put out an Update. In recent years we’ve fallen into the habit of saying only what absolutely right-now must be said (in part due to health issues, now largely resolved.) Over...
Space Access Update #129 12/15/11 Space Access Update #129 12/15/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ News came out of a significant victory this morning. NASA has announced that in order to make the most of the limited Commercial Crew funding in this year's budget, the program will...
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA’s Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement...
Space Access Update #128 9/15/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ (This will be shorter and hastier than we’d like; things are moving fast.) Impossibly high NASA system development costs are the heart of the matter. We will ignore for the moment the...
Space Access Update #127 7/26/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ Contents This Issue: – House NASA Appropriation Emerges From Committee Unchanged, Goes On Hold – Commercial Crew News – CCDev Plans To Ditch Space Act Agreements For...
Space Access Update #126 7/8/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ Contents This Issue: – Political Action Alert: Support Funding For NASA’s Future – Commercial Crew & Space Technology – Shuttle: Looking Back, And Forward...
Space Access Update #125 7/7/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society ________________________________________________________________________ This is a heads-up – there will be significant Congressional action next week on NASA budget items that matter to us. Our window to make a difference should open in the next day or so. ...