What happens when they don’t negotiate requirements:
Read the thread for other examples.
Category Archives: Space
New NSS Leadership
Congratulations to Anita and Michelle, among others. I worked with Anita at Rockwell for years, and Michelle is my corporate counsel (when I need one).
SN10
Typical Space Reporting
This story on SLS is pretty lazy. They don’t question Singer’s statement, or point out that, with her talking about how many people SLS employs in how many states, she is simply reinforcing Garver’s point. And the cost of an SLS flight will never be as low as $800M.
The Age Of Space Reconnaissance
I had a long telecon and exchange of emails with Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky a few weeks ago, to bring them up to speed on what is going on in space for National Review. This article would seem to be one of the first products of that discussion.
A Space Telescope
An enormous space telescope. I was writing about this sort of thing four decades ago, and it’s finally on the verge of fruition.
SN10
They’ve completed final checkouts before today’s flight.
[Evening update]
I had an afternoon engagement that prevented me from seeing the flight, but the commenters seem to have the situation well in hand.
Rocket Lab
Why Peter Beck ate his hat.
Space Tango
They’re planning their own orbital research facility.
New Glenn
The schedule has slipped until the end of next year.
Not getting the Air Force contract seems like an excuse to me. Either Bezos is serious, or he isn’t. If he is, he’ll spend whatever it takes to start getting revenue. The longer he delays, the farther ahead Elon will be. In fact, if he wants to keep up, he’ll start work on New Armstrong now.
[Tuesday update]
A bridge too far?
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