Tory Bruno and Gwynne Shotwell have very different space-business philosophies. I think that Gwynne is right, but the good news is that for now, the two companies are more complementary than competitive. And the Air Force will want to continue to maintain two providers.
Category Archives: Space
Bezos’s Space Vision
Alan Boyle interviewed him on stage on Tuesday afternoon. Here’s the transcript.
What he said may have been new concepts to many, but they’re all ideas that go back decades. The difference is that he’s funding them himself, and not waiting for the government to do it.
The Orion Fantasy
Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
How Falcon 9 Learned To Land
A nice video of the history.
The Future Of Space Construction
Is the ISS the last aluminum spacecraft?
Maybe for spacecraft launched from earth, but I think it partly depends on sources of materials. There’s a lot of aluminum on the moon, and not much carbon.
The Space Renaissance Act
Bridenstine has introduced his bill. It has its own domain. Haven’t read yet, but will have thoughts when I have.
Space Exploration’s Impact On Society
The NASA History Office has issued a new book, that is quite long, but has some interesting-looking essays in it.
Elon’s Good Week
First he sells several billion dollars worth of cars, then he lands a rocket on a ship, live on television, while throwing a private expandable hab into orbit.
From SpaceX’s standpoint, they now have another used rocket that they will almost certainly refly, for testing if not another operational mission.
If I could retweet this x100 I would. Space Access! https://t.co/oWuMBkj8tO
— The High Frontier (@thehighfrontier) April 8, 2016
[Update a while later]
I tweeted prior to flight that they were probably expecting a successful landing, given that (unlike last time) they weren’t downplaying chances of success. Nice to see Elon confirm that.
[Update a few minutes later]
On The Road To Phoenix
Hope I’ll see some of you at Space Access.
If You Want To Work At SpaceX
We’ll see how long they can keep that up.