NASA’s decision to drop the development of liquid oxygen-and-methane-fueled engines from its Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program is viewed as an opportunity lost by proponents of the clean-burning propellant.
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X Prize N.M. Event Attracts Thousands
Despite a grand finale that ended with some unexpected excitement, organizers of the “Countdown to the X Prize Cup” declared the event a success after attracting thousands of onlookers who explored space capsules, rubbed elbows with astronauts and watched rockets shoot through the sky.
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NASA Propulsion Strategy Reaches Back While Looking Ahead
The initial propulsion work in support of NASA’s bid to return to the Moon and go on to Mars will focus primarily on adapting space shuttle systems and developing methane-fueled engines, a technology with which the United States has little experience.
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Export Control Rules Hindering Space Entrepreneurs
The U.S. government export control rules that have made it difficult for U.S. satellite manufacturers to share technical information with foreign partners and insurers now are causing headaches for the entrepreneurial companies trying to develop of reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), members of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (Comstac) said last week.
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Contracts in Jeopardy as NASA Rethinks Tech Needs
More than $1 billion worth of human and robotic technology projects selected for funding late last year by NASA’s Exploration Systems mission directorate are on the chopping block as the U.S. space agency re-evaluates its technology investment strategy.
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Air Force Space Strategy is Prudent, Not Trigger Happy
OPED: Air Force Space Strategy is Prudent, Not Trigger Happy
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Making Space Commercially Relevant
In his 1986 book, “The Reckoning,” David Halberstam summarized the defeat of American automakers at the hands of Japanese manufacturers with the wonderful phrase, “Familiarity breeds complacency.” Similarly, Zen master Suziki Roshi tells us, “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
