Tag Archives: CCDev

Briefly: Shelby versus Florida; Blue Origin's test failure and CCDev

A couple brief notes on a quiet holiday weekend: A little over a week ago, Florida Sens. Bill Nelson (D) and Marco Rubio (R) sent a letter to the White House countering claims in another letter by five other senators … Continue reading

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Rohrabacher calls for "emergency" funding for CCDev in light of Progress failure

Earlier today a Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the 44th such cargo spacecraft launched by Russia in the ISS era. Unlike the previous 43, though, this one failed to reach orbit: … Continue reading

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CCDev contracting and funding concerns

Last week NASA officials raised alarm in some corners of the space industry about its proposal to shift from a pure Space Act Agreement (SAA) for the next Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) round towards a hybrid approach that incorporates elements … Continue reading

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Shelby: don't blame me; New Mexico uncertainty; a prescient CCDev vision

The Orlando Sentinel's article about the continued funding of Ares 1 despite being effectively canceled in the NASA authorization act has gotten fairly wide coverage during a slow news week, with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) getting much of the blame … Continue reading

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