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Saturday, September 5, 2015

The X-37B: Exploring expanded capabilities for ISS missions | NASASpaceFlight.com

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/x-37b-expanded-capabilities-iss-missions/

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We must be NUTS!

We have a vehicle that could be a bonafide Shuttle replacement--- but we don't use it.

We killed shuttle with much life left!

We don't even fund the inferior capsule approach to get us away from paying Russia!

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Fwd: Soyuz-2 will be the first spacecraft to be sent to Vostochny

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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: September 5, 2015 at 4:54:53 PM CDT
To: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Subject: FW: Soyuz-2 will be the first spacecraft to be sent to Vostochny

First Ever Launch Vehicle to Be Sent to Russia's New Spaceport in Siberia
© Sputnik/ Sergey Mamontov

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A space launch vehicle, the Soyuz-2, will be the first to be sent to Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia; it will leave the manufacturer on Sunday, according to Russia's Vice Premier Dmitry Rogozin.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of defense has confirmed that a space launch vehicle which will be the first to take off from Russia's new launch pad in Siberia will be sent there on Sunday.
Завтра из Самары на Восточный отправим РН"Союз-2". А вечером в Тольятти посмотрю супер-рубку наших девушек на Супер-кубке России по гандболу
— Dmitry Rogozin (@Rogozin) 5 сентября 2015
Dmitry Rogozin tweeted that on September 6 he will oversee the shipment of the spacecraft and in the evening he will cheer on the girls at the super-battle for the Russian Handball Super Cup.
The Soyuz-2 spacecraft will leave the facilities of the developing and manufacturing center TsSKB-Progress in the city of Samara in southeastern Russia and travel all the way to Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia.
© Sputnik/ Igor Ageyenko
First Manned Launch From Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Delayed Until 2025

The launch vehicle is scheduled to take off for the first time by the end of 2015. According to the schedule, construction work at the Cosmodrome is set to be completed by November 30.
The Vostochny Space Center has been under construction in the Amur Region of Russia's Far East since 2012. Vostochny will enable Russia to launch most missions from its own soil, reducing the country's reliance on the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan.

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Fwd: Colorado Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Air Force To Scrutinize SpaceX

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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: September 5, 2015 at 4:53:14 PM CDT
To: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Subject: FW: Colorado Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Air Force To Scrutinize SpaceX

Colorado Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Air Force To Scrutinize SpaceX
by Mike Gruss — September 3, 2015
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) is unmoved by Air Force assurances that it is keeping close tabs on SpaceX's rocket failure investigation. Credit: Coffman's office.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) said Sept. 2 that despite assurances from the Air Force that it is keeping close tabs on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket failure investigation, he remains "extremely concerned" by what he characterized as the service's "hands-off" approach.
"The U.S. Air Force has declined to assume any independent role in the investigation of the SpaceX failure," Coffman said in a press release. "I remain extremely concerned that the lack of a thorough investigation will lead to future military launch mishaps."
Coffman's concerns echo those voiced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who has complained that NASA appears to be treating SpaceX with kid gloves following the June 28 failure, which destroyed a load of cargo bound for the International Station. NASA has denied that SpaceX is being let off easy.
Coffman, a member of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, the primary House oversight committee for military space programs, has asked for an independent review of the failure.
"While the SpaceX Falcon 9 exploded on an unmanned resupply mission, many in Congress are concerned that a similar failure may occur while carrying a national security payload," Coffman said. "Such a failure could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and seriously jeopardize our national security and warfighting ability for years."
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX launched the June 28 mission as part its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. As is typical for commercial missions licensed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX is in charge of the mishap investigation.
In an Aug. 28 letter to Coffman, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the service is "closely monitoring the SpaceX anomaly resolution process to ensure we are moving forward through a rigorous and systematic process to clear Falcon 9 to flight."
SpaceX is expected identify root causes for the failure and make the appropriate corrections this fall, she said.
The failure will not cost SpaceX its certification, earned in June, to launch U.S. national security missions, James said. "A failed mission does not automatically drive a revisit to a certification decision or a revocation of certification," she said.
The certification officially established SpaceX as a competitor to Denver-based United Launch Alliance in the national security launch market. Many of SpaceX's congressional critics hail from states where ULA has a presence.
Officials at Air Force Space Command and at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center have dedicated staff to the failure investigation, but because the service was not a customer in the launch it is not leading the investigation. Service officials have stressed, however, that they are closely involved.

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Friday, September 4, 2015

At KSC, Boeing to unveil new crew capsule name

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2015/09/03/ksc-boeing-unveil-new-crew-capsule-name/71631328/

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Our Space effort a national Disgrace!!

Wish Trump would rant some on making the American Space Program Great Again!

Russia just announced it's officially going back to the moon

It's lunar base sounds pretty awesome.

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