Main Engine Cut OffOrbital ATK’s Last-Generation Launch Vehicle
Seems like Orbital ATK’s PR editors removed the next sentence: “We’ll just need that money upfront, instead.”
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The Past and Future of Blue Origin’s Orbital Launch Site
A great piece by Chris Bergin and Noel Munson of NASASpaceFlight on the storied histories of launch complexes 11 and 36, and what Blue Origin plans for their future.
Masten’s Green Bipropellant: MXP-351
Read the whole post over on Masten’s blog. Great to see progress on safer storable propellants and Masten’s lander. There’s also a video from a few months ago of MXP-351 performance testing.
NASA’s Cislunar Habitat Plans
Certainly sounds like NASA’s plans have changed since their EM-2 payload RFI went out back in October.
Space Station Partners Release Latest Updates to Docking Standards
Docking standards are convoluted.
Boeing Completes First Starliner Chute Test
Great rundown of Starliner progress, complete with some talk about RD-180 certification.
Altius’ In-Space Cyrogenic Propellant Coupling Selected in SBIR Phase II
NASA announced the selection of 133 proposals for Phase II of the SBIR program. One of the more exciting proposals selected is from Altius Space Machines, titled “Lightweight, High-Flow, Low Connection-Force, In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Coupling”.
Dragon ECLSS Module Tested
It’s a shame that SpaceX is getting so distracted by all their other projects.
SpaceX’s Current Plans for Launches, Pads, and Vehicles
An absolute wealth of information about SpaceX’s 2017 from Chris Bergin of NASASpaceFlight.com.
Blue Origin Lobbying for Lunar COTS Program
It’s somewhat of a lackluster response to all the excitement this past week to say “Oh yeah? Well we’re lobbying for the obvious next step of Commercial Cargo!”
To me this reads a lot like Blue Origin isn’t quite ready to talk about any additional plans, but wanted to make their voice heard alongside SpaceX. As I said on this week’s podcast, none of the old insiders (Boeing, Lockheed, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Orbital ATK, …) are going to invite SpaceX and Blue Origin into their club. They have to insert themselves into these conversations, and will inevitably ruffle some feathers doing it.