Events of Interest: Week of May 10-14, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more details, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses for congressional hearings and markups are subject to change; check the relevant committee’s...APL’s Faulconer Starts New Consulting Business
J. Walter (“Walt”) Faulconer, the Applied Physics Laboratory’s (APL’s) business area executive for civilian space, is leaving May 14 to start a consulting business, Strategic Space Solutions, with his wife, Cindy. After 26 years at Lockheed...Orion Pad Abort System Test Successful
The much anticipated Pad Abort 1 test of the launch abort system for the Orion spacecraft was successful today. Conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the test lasted 135 seconds with the crew module landing about one mile away at 16.2 miles per...Giffords Seeking Compromise on Human Space Flight Plan
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), chair of the House Science and Technology Committee’s Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, believes that there is a “third way” to resolve the dispute between the President’s plan for human space flight and the...Next Shuttle Launch Set for May 14; Hutchison and Kosmas Defend Human Spaceflight
Following a Flight Readiness Review today, NASA set May 14 as the launch date for the next shuttle mission, STS-132. Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 2:20 pm EDT on a 12-day flight to the International Space Station to deliver the Russian Mini...House Appropriations Chair Obey To Retire
Representative David Obey (D-WI) will announce this afternoon that he will retire at the end of this session of Congress according to Congress Daily (subscription required). Obey is one of the most powerful men in Congress as chair of the House Appropriations...SSB to Look at Grand Philosophical Questions Addressed by NASA; Public Invited
The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Space Studies Board (SSB) is planning a two-and-a-half day workshop in November to look at how NASA addresses the “grand philosophical questions people care about.” Writing in the most recent edition of...President Establishes Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development
President Obama today created a Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development for Florida’s Space Coast as promised in his April 15 speech at Kennedy Space Center, FL.Events of Interest: Week of May 3-7, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. Check our calendar on the right menu for more information or click the links below. Congressional hearings and markups are subject to change; check the committee’s website for up to date...Space Talk
@ThePrimalDino As a ksp vet myself I’m sure it wasn’t easy! Are you planning on making a youtube vid about how it works?
@Asomr1 I’m thinking about doing a mission to Duna with it and posting it to youtube. Not sure when it will be though
@ThePrimalDino @mightbejell0 SRBs are counted as .5th stage in US so no Shuttle is still a 1st stage
@SCEtoAUXs @mightbejell0 Shuttle can only be counted as a first stage when on the RS-25s.
After the tank drops, and the shuttle switches to OMS engines to complete orbit insertion, it is absolutely a second stage.
@rookisaacman's MiG is a gorgeous jet to see in the skies
Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today’s very successful launch. That was a blast to watch!
@ThePrimalDino A rocket that has been undergoing test flights for three years still keeps failing. That’s why I’m bearish on Starship. The repeated setbacks of Starship have put America’s lunar landing program far behind schedule.
@xue_tu93527 I mean I wouldn’t call this flight a failure personally, but the impact of this extensive testing campaign is indeed noticeable on our lunar ambitions