by Rob Coppinger | Feb 27, 2008 | Constellation
At 1030h today the next session of the NASA/AIAA 3rd space exploration conference is about commercial aspects of exploration, so until I can post the notes from that here are some slides from a presentation I have obtained
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 13, 2007 | Constellation
Aviation Week’s senior space editor Frank Morring has posted a story about NASA’s Constellation programme with some detail on developments its going through And this week Boeing won the Ares I crew launch vehicle (CLV) instrument unit (IU) contract. Useful...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 23, 2007 | Constellation
With the thanksgiving holiday in the US at the moment the English language spaceflight community of bloggers and mass media has gone very quiet but here is some detail on NASA’s Ares I crew launch vehicle (CLV) and Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) care of...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 19, 2007 | Constellation
Following Flight’s exclusive on NASA’s own reporting of ongoing problems with its Ares I crew launch vehicle in an internal emailed newsletter, NASAWatch.com has published detail about one difficult issue the Ares project office is having to wrestle with...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 22, 2007 | Constellation
According to Space Politics the Congressional Ares, Orion hearings have been postponed with no new date set This Boeing presentation has surfaced and has some interesting points about Ares I crew launch vehicle design considerations including concern that lift off...