Does anyone from Boeing know the sequence of events of the formation of USA? At the time it was created, was it known that the company was going to purchase Rockwell’s space divisions, and were the legacy Rockwell people part of the new contract? USA was formed in September of 1996, I think, but the purchase didn’t occur until late in the year. I’m assuming that, since Rockwell wasn’t one of the initial parents, this must have been part of the purchase negotiations, but am curious to know how it all worked.
Category Archives: Space
The Space Shuttle Decision
Forty years ago today, President Richard Nixon announced that the nation would build a reusable vehicle, that would be used to fly all of the nation’s payloads into space. It first flew a little less than a decade later, and flew its last flight last summer, after a little over thirty years of operations. We are only starting to recover from the policy disaster.
[Update late morning]
The Space Shuttle, in happier days (flyback booster, no SRBs, no ET).
Space Transport Highlights Of 2011
Clark Lindsey has an overview of the past year.
What Do The Candidates Think About Space Policy?
Short answer: with the exception of Newt, they don’t. On the day of the Iowa cauci, a survey from (Iowa native) Jeff Foust.
More Private Spaceflight 2012 Predictions
…from Leonard David.
What’s Coming Up In Commercial Space This Year
I have a preview up over at Popular Mechanics.
The Future In Space
…is bright, with the end of the Shuttle.
The Space Studies Institute
…is under new management. They want to reenergize it, and start to push the technologies we need to actually develop space. If you still want to contribute and get the deduction for 2011, you have two more days to do it. It’s a worthier cause than ever.
Ballooning Is Not Spaceflight
Jeff Foust has to explain this to The New Scientist.
Another Stratolaunch Story
…at The Economist.
This is the first time that I’ve seen the aircraft called a “Stratolaunch.” I wonder if the correspondent knows something we don’t, or is just making a false inference? Also, I’m a little surprised that the editors don’t know the difference between a hanger and a hangar. Unless it’s a British spelling.