NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
During Space Shuttle manager John Shannon's presentation of the Side-mount Shuttle (SD-HLV) concept to the Augustine Committee, he showed the committee figures that indicated that a SD-HLV with an EDS (Earth Departure Stage) could place approximately 39 tonnes of net payload into lunar orbit per launch. However, just a week later, a subsequent, more thoroughly analyzed NASA study,...
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Pull the plug on Ares, editorial, Orlando Sentinel "But even if the station gets a five-year extension, as it should, Ares I would be available to fly there for just three years under the best-case scenario envisioned by the Augustine...
The Write Stuff (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... marine officer, touched on the upcoming retirement of the space shuttle, looming job loses, the Augustine Committee report and the pending White House decision on U.S. space policy. He offered nothing concrete to employees but confirmed the bad news that they already knew.“The Shuttle program is going to come to an end in the not too distant future,” Cabana wrote. “When the program...
Space Politics (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... though, seemed to be hinting that the $3 billion a year in addition funding identified by the Augustine committee, and endorsed by space supporters in Congress, may not be forthcoming, or at least would not be sufficient. “He is very sensitive to this and I really believe the President is a fan of the space program and, at the end of the day, I am optimistic,” he told WFTV. “But in...
