Revisiting future rocket’s design would cost precious time.
Showing results for:
precious payload
114 results found Sort by:
Posted inCommercial
Planetary Resources Adds Corporate Investor, Seeks Grant
Planetary Resources said it landed a new financial backer: Bechtel Corp.
Posted inLaunch
Falcon Engine Shutdown, Freezer Glitch under Review
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) first supply run to the international space station left behind a handful of technical issues to be worked out before the next flight, which is being retargeted from January to March.
Posted inNews
Dragon Makes 1st Paid Cargo Run
A decade after Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to cut the costs of reaching orbit, SpaceX flew its first paid mission to the international space station, reopening a U.S. supply line shut down when NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year.
Posted inCivil
Galileo Placeholder Satellite Giove-A To Be Retired
PARIS — Europe’s Giove-A navigation satellite, which was built on a shoestring budget almost as an afterthought but ended up saving precious broadcast frequency rights for the coming Galileo constellation, is being retired, the 19-nation European Space Agency (ESA) announced July 3.
Posted inOpinion
Editorial | Missing the Mark: Congress Should Fund CHIRP Follow-on Mission
House appropriators were shortsighted and pre-emptive in their recommendation to deny the U.S. Air Force’s request for funds next year to begin work on a follow on to the successful Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) mission.
Posted inCivil
Planetary Resources Seeks NASA Funds for Optical Technology
WASHINGTON — Planetary Resources, the billionaire-backed Seattle startup planning to mine asteroids for water and precious metals, is seeking $700,000 from NASA to build a prototype of the multipurpose optics package at the heart of the company’s spacecraft designs.
Posted inOpinion
Letter: NASA’s Earth Science Didn’t Get ‘Poor Marks’
In its May 14 editorial, “Another NASA Constituency Heard From,”Space News makes two important points: that the number of expected orbiting NASA Earth science assets is a function of the budget climate, and America’s “funding woes have not reduced the pressing need to maintain and expand capabilities to monitor the changing global climate and environment.”
Posted inCivil
Asteroid Mining Venture To Start with Small, Cheap Space Telescopes
WASHINGTON — Planetary Resources, a billionaire-backed company that aims to mine asteroids for water and precious metals, says it will set the stage for this ambitious endeavor by building and launching a series of small, low-cost space telescopes, the first of which it intends to launch in 18-24 months.
Posted inOpinion
Editorial: CASIS Controversy Needs a Closer Look
NASA’s legal experts should take a close look now at the circumstances that led to the resignation of Jeanne K. Becker as executive director of the nonprofit organization responsible for administering commercial research aboard the international space station.
