“NASA’s tracking of SpaceX’s manual control risk indicates a worsening trend.” NASA’s inspector general released a new report on Tuesday that examines the space agency’s management of the Human Landing System development contracts signed with SpaceX and Blue Origin. These landers are essential for NASA’s program to land humans on the Moon this decade and then establish a long-term settlement on the lunar surface. However, both NASA and the companies developing the landers have largely been silent about their efforts. For this reason the new report on Human Landing Systems (HLS) provides some interesting insights previously unknown to the public. Overall, the report, signed by Office of Inspector General senior official Robert Steinau, finds that the fixed-price contracting approach has been beneficial for NASA as it seeks to broaden its utilization of the US commercial space industry. “We found that the Agency’s contract approach has been effective at controlling costs and provided the HLS Program with insight into SpaceX’s and Blue Origin’s development of their lunar landers,” the report states. “The providers have also been able to utilize the Agency’s subject matter expertise an
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After series of delays, US space agency hopes to carry out first crewed flyby of the moon in more than half a century Nasa has begun returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad before a planned flyby of…
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After series of delays, US space agency hopes to carry out first crewed flyby of the moon in more than half a century Nasa has begun returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad…
Read original at The Guardian →Believe it or not, it's not the New Moon yet. Despite looking completely gone from our skies, there is a very, very small sliver of Moon still lit up tonight. If it's clear skies wherever you are, you might just be able…
Read original at Mashable →NASA’s Moon program is undergoing a major revamp under the agency’s new leadership, and the lunar surface may be a busy place come next year. Jared Isaacman recently revealed an ambitious plan to land missions on the…
Read original at Gizmodo →“NASA’s tracking of SpaceX’s manual control risk indicates a worsening trend.” NASA’s inspector general released a new report on Tuesday that examines the space agency’s management of the Human Landing System…
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After series of delays, US space agency hopes to carry out first crewed flyby of the moon in more than half a century Nasa has begun returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad before a planned flyby of…
View source →Believe it or not, it's not the New Moon yet. Despite looking completely gone from our skies, there is a very, very small sliver of Moon still lit up tonight. If it's clear skies wherever you are, you might just be able to spot the thin…
View source →NASA’s Moon program is undergoing a major revamp under the agency’s new leadership, and the lunar surface may be a busy place come next year. Jared Isaacman recently revealed an ambitious plan to land missions on the Moon once every month…
View source →“NASA’s tracking of SpaceX’s manual control risk indicates a worsening trend.” NASA’s inspector general released a new report on Tuesday that examines the space agency’s management of the Human Landing System development contracts signed…
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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discuss Taiwan arms sales every time they get together but the American stance on the self-ruled island remains unchanged following the Chinese…
