6 thoughts on “The Administration’s Mission-Authorization Proposal”

  2. Bureaucrats love frameworks. But probably enjoy discussing new ones more than anything else. Because junkets! But honestly, when things really get going on Mars will the FAA/Commerce Dept. really matter? The moon isn’t quite far enough away to achieve bureaucratic escape velocity, as Andy Weir points out in his book Artemis.

    1. That depends on how independent of Earth the Mars missions end up being. They can regulate anything from Earth, or related to anything that does.
      Keep in mind how much that is actually the business of the states the federal government already controls via threats to withhold payments. They’ve had a lot of practice.

  3. –Blue Origin is targeting a first unmanned landing of its manned lunar lander in 2025
    March 5, 2024 10:36 am Robert Zimmerman

    Blue Origin’s Blue Moon manned lunar lander
    An early visualization of Blue Moon

    According to one Blue Origin official, the company is now targeting its first unmanned landing of its manned lunar lander, Blue Moon, for sometime in 2025, far sooner than previously expected.–
    https://behindtheblack.com/

  4. NASA studies to examine commercial partnerships for Mars exploration
    Jeff Foust March 5, 2024

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued a request for proposals Jan. 29 for “commercial service studies” for future robotic Mars mission concepts. The studies, with a value of $200,000 or $300,000, would be carried out over 12 weeks.
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    Proposals were due to JPL Feb. 27, and Ianson said that the agency was evaluating them with a goal of making awards in April. That would allow results of the studies to be published “some time in the summer,” he said.
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    “I’d be careful about referring to it as ‘Mars CLPS,’” he added, noting that the studies won’t cover landing payloads on Mars. “I think we are a long way away from that.”
    https://spacenews.com/nasa-studies-to-examine-commercial-partnerships-for-mars-exploration/

  5. Stratolaunch’s air-launched test vehicle goes supersonic in its first powered flight
    by Alan Boyle on March 9, 2024 at 5:56 pm
    “While I can’t share the specific altitude and speed TA-1 reached due to proprietary agreements with our customers, we are pleased to share that in addition to meeting all primary and customer objectives of the flight, we reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 and collected a great amount of data at an incredible value to our customers,”
    https://www.geekwire.com/2024/stratolaunch-test-vehicle-supersonic-powered-flight/
    linked from: https://cosmiclog.com/

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