by Rob Coppinger | Apr 26, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Orion, Seradata News
When this blogger saw the headline of this 30 March article by Aviation Week’s senior space editor Frank Morring it seemed that the “program of record” that dare not speak its name had finally broken cover and spoken to the media after a self imposed...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2010 | commercial launch services, Constellation, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Former US Marine Corp Major-General Charles Bolden must by now be reflecting upon the military axiom, no plan survives contact with an enemy. In this case Bolden’s enemies are the Congressmen and women hell bent on not accepting the president Barack Obama...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 3, 2010 | Seradata News
Mystery continues to surround the decision to add $300 million to NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration project (COTS) in the agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget request During the 25 February US House of Representatives’...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 26, 2010 | Iran
According to these Indian news sources including The Hindu newspaper the Indian government has give its Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) a huge 58% hike in funding, and it seems to be all related to the human spaceflight programme the country has been...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 26, 2010 | NASA, Technology
In response to Buzz Aldrin’s article in the Wall Street Journal Burt Rutan has circulated the following:This sounds fine thru the lens of my friend Buzz Aldrin. However, the reality is that the new plan has no schedules, no $ and no programs to build...
