Robin Snelson says that you can still form a team for the Lunar Lander Challenge.

I do think that NASA is being overly restrictive with regard to propellants. I mean, it’s not like they’re proposing fluorine. It’s just acid.

Over at The Space Review today, Jeff Foust writes that space enthusiasts have to avoid the Segway problem of overhype. On a related note, Bob Clarebrough says that space entrepreneurs need to be both visionary and customer focused.

[Late morning update]

Clark Lindsey has further thoughts.

Jesse Londin has a good roundup of comments on the new NPRM from FAA-AST on experimental permits for reusable rockets.

Bigelow Aerospace seems to be making good progress in developing private orbital facilities (a key component of a spacefaring infrastructure). Alan Boyle has more.

The new New Space News is out.

Clark Lindsey has some thoughts.

Clark Lindsey has some thoughts.

Clark Lindsey has some thoughts.

Franklin Chang-Diaz wants to build magneto-plasma rockets. In Central America.

Doing the jobs Americans won’t do, I guess.

A NASA center director has started a blog. It’s too bad there aren’t more Pete Wordens to replace existing NASA center directors. And speaking of Ames, it looks like they just lost a promising program, as a result of politics as usual.

Punish success, reward failure. Does this look like an agency that needs an emergency appropriation? If so, it’s only due to Congressional meddling and pork barreling.

This is why NASA will not get us back to the moon, or open up space.

[Both links via NASA Watch]