Scott PowersJune 2, 2021
7min1868
Bill Nelson makes his intro pitch for NASA programs and missions.
Tag: Space Launch System
Scott PowersJune 2, 2021Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2019
10min1100
NASA can't put boots on the moon without the SLS, which is nowhere near ready.
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2017
10min1122
Bigelow Aerospace founder Robert Bigelow believes existing technology, NASA interest, and business opportunities are ready now for a return to the moon — and his company is ready to provide a space station there. In an exclusive interview with FloridaPolitics.com Wednesday, the Las Vegas-based billionaire space entrepreneur made the argument that there already exists the technology, the […]
Scott PowersApril 4, 2016
7min255
NASA’s plans and preparation for Kennedy Space Center to handle rocket launches to Mars are on track with overhauls of a key launch pad, the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building, a new mobile launcher and other major improvements, the agency has said. As the nation’s premier launch complex prepares to host private company space launches in the […]
Scott PowersMarch 17, 2016
15min368
When NASA officials refer to their singular human-spaceflight program “Journey To Mars,” they’re not talking about the 800 to 1,000 days it will take for astronauts to get there and back. At Kennedy Space Center, indeed all of Cape Canaveral, and worldwide for that matter, spaceflight and human-spaceflight facilities and organizations are incubating private, commercial-space programs […]
Scott PowersFebruary 9, 20167min371
Development of NASA’s next big rocket, the Space Launch System, would be delayed under the budget proposed Tuesday by President Barack Obama, bringing space exploration advocates are saying. The president’s fiscal year 2017 federal budget calls for just over $19 billion for NASA, which is more than the president proposed last year but $260 million […]