Four top lawmakers sent a letter to NASA late Friday casting much doubt on the agency’s decision to halt its VIPER mission after already sinking $450M into the spacecraft, which was fully assembled and awaiting testing.
“If we have a sustained supply base of people constantly innovating on material systems manufacturing processes, a future capsule maybe costs half as much.”
Two longtime space industry insiders are launching a new consulting firm designed to help European countries navigate the process of doing business in the US, and vice versa.
Just one month after returning to flight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after a booster failed to land safely early Wednesday morning.
The ISS has been a bastion for international cooperation and scientific discovery for nearly three decades, but as the orbiting habitat nears the end of its time in service, NASA is preparing to pass the torch on these three pillars to the commercial sector.
Though the vice president did not do much public work on space before joining President Joe Biden’s ticket, she has overseen the debate of two major space policy issues as chair of the National Space Council
SpaceX launched its 11th dedicated rideshare mission Friday afternoon that sent 116 satellites into orbit, including some for customers making their first trip to space.
“I worry about a future Trump administration that says we’re going to reduce our participation in international affairs and we’re going to look inwards,” he said. “That’s bad for exploration and bad for industry.”
Buy in: Grunsfield said he made the campaign aware of the event, but has not had any coordination beyond that and is not advising Harris on any space matters. Still, he said he hopes the fundraiser might help put space more on the campaign’s radar, especially given Harris’ position as chair of the National Space Council.
The base model of the GEO Aries bus—a 200-kg ESPA-class vehicle—will cost $13.5M, substantially less than other products on the market, CEO Ian Cinnamon told Payload. While the new bus seeks to maintain Apex’s commitment to quick delivery, transparent low pricing, and dependability, some things are different in the GEO bus—namely, new radio tech and more hardening against the stronger radiation in GEO.
The long-promised trillion-dollar space economy, space-based internet for the world, ambitious science missions, and a long-term human presence in orbit all have one thing in common—space needs to be safe and clear of debris for them to thrive.
China’s plans for greater connectivity in LEO are coming with a price—a large amount of space debris.
“Where commerce goes and wealth is created, crime and piracy follow.”
