T+41: EM-1 Follow-up, Dragon 2-Falcon Heavy to the Moon
This week is all about #hotdrama, with two surprise media briefings: one from NASA on a potential crewed EM-1, and one from SpaceX on a privately-crewed journey around the Moon—riding on a Dragon 2 an...
2 Mar 201740min
T+40: The Potentially Infamous EM-1 Memo
Robert Lightfoot, the Acting NASA Administrator, sent a memo to the agency on the possibility of putting a crew on EM-1. I discuss the potential fallout from this idea and where the SLS/Orion program ...
18 Feb 201726min
T+39: Opportunities for Private Companies within Government Programs
This week, NASA officially announced that NanoRacks will be adding an airlock onto the International Space Station to add capabilities and capacity to their already-up-and-running business. That annou...
9 Feb 201718min
T+38: 2017 NASA Transition Authorization Act Speculation
Marcia Smith of SpacePolicyOnline.com saw a draft of the 2017 NASA Transition Authorization Act, and it contains some very interesting changes from the 2016 version that bounced around Congress last y...
2 Feb 201728min
T+37: Government Subsidies, Private Capability, and the 2010 National Space Policy
Four members of the House of Representatives sent letters to DARPA and the Pentagon this week to file a complaint about a program in conflict with the 2010 National Space Policy. It’s a situation remi...
27 Jan 201720min
T+36: Falcon 9 Flies with New Fueling Procedures, and the NASA-Boeing-Soyuz Saga
SpaceX is off to a strong start in 2017 with a very successful launch of Iridium-1 and a promising next few weeks. I also discuss the very interesting story developing between NASA, Boeing, and Russia...
19 Jan 201730min
T+35: NASA Policy Grab Bag
While we don’t yet have hard details on which direction NASA programs are headed during the Trump administration, we have started to get some hints. The leadership of the Congressional subcommittees t...
12 Jan 201721min
T+34: SpaceX’s COPV Investigation and Return to Flight
SpaceX wrapped up their investigation into the Amos-6 explosion, and the news is mixed. I discuss their findings, their path back to flight, and some other 2016-2017 odds and ends. This episode of Mai...
5 Jan 201722min
