Main Engine Cut OffHandful of NASA OIG Reports to Read
I’ve been doing a good amount of reading of these reports already, and I’ll write something longer after I’ve finished up, but they’re interesting to read through.
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Sorting Through the Debris
It’s been a rough day or two for spaceflight: SpaceX’s incident on the pad, China’s Long March 4C failure, and an earthquake near Rocket Lab’s launch site (everything is fine there for Rocket Lab).
T+18: Robert Zubrin on Mars Exploration and Colonization Internationally, within NASA, and at SpaceX
Dr. Robert Zubrin, President of The Mars Society, creator of Mars Direct, and author of The Case for Mars is on the show this week to discuss Mars exploration and colonization internationally, within NASA, and at SpaceX.
Some More Details on NanoRacks’ Centaur Wet Workshop Concept
I like how NanoRacks is approaching this—looking objectively at hardware that’s in use today to put things together in interesting ways.
On SLS and Orion’s Production and Operations Costs
Aside from this being an election year plea to avoid cancellation of a struggling program, I’m not sure where the idea comes from that SLS will be rid of development in the 2020s.
SpaceX Dragon 2 Parachute Drop Test
During a NASA TV broadcast today, a short video of a Dragon 2 parachute drop test was shown. Someone helpful posted a link to some screenshots over on the r/spacex thread.
The Mayhem of Docking Adapter Standards
This article is a great rundown of how we got to this point, with far too many acronyms and docking systems.
Handful of Europa Clipper Updates
While the majority of this SpaceNews article by Jeff Foust is focused on Congressional wrestling over how much money Europa Clipper should receive, there are a few other tidbits of interest.
T+17: NextSTEP Habitat Prototypes, and the Zombie Centaur
NASA selected six companies, as part of the NextSTEP program, to develop ground prototypes of deep space habitats, and the Centaur could live on as a wet workshop. Orbital ATK pushed OA-5 to late September. SpaceX landed yet another stage on the ASDS, and have up to 9 more launches planned for 2016.
Crew Access Arm and White Room Lifted at SLC-41
NASA’s Commercial Crew Twitter account tweeted a time-lapse video of the crew access arm and white room being lifted to the top of the tower at SLC-41.