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NASA

Submission + - House Passes NASA Authorization Bill (nasaspaceflight.com) 1

Submitted by simonbp
simonbp writes: The US House of Representatives has just passed the Senate version of the FY2011 NASA Authorization Act. This bill is a compromise between Obama's proposed budget and earlier House bills. It cancels Ares I in favor of commercially-operated crew transportation to ISS, adds technology development funds, and keeps a version of Orion and a new heavy-lift "Space Launch System" to both be operational by 2016. The timing of this bill was crucial to keeping key NASA personal and contractors from being laid off.
NASA

Submission + - Senate Bill Adds Shuttle Flight, New Shuttle-Deriv (orlandosentinel.com)

Submitted by simonbp
simonbp writes: The Senate Commerce Committee this morning marked up a compromise NASA Authorization Act that rolls back some of Obama's plans for NASA, while keeping others. The bill adds at least one more shuttle flight, keeps Obama's technology demonstrators and commercial access to ISS (albeit at reduced funding), restores the Orion crew capsule, and replaces the Ares rockets with a Shuttle-Derived "Space Launch System" for going to the ISS and Beyond, and which could be ready as soon as 2015.
NASA

Submission + - NASA's Rollercoaster for Moon Rocket Escape

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simonbp
simonbp writes: "Eat your heart out Disneyworld! NASA's Constellation Project has approved the Rollercoaster Escape System to be used as the Emergency Egress Systems (EES) for astronauts and pad crew to race away from the Ares I pad, should an emergency be called. The Ares I is the first of NASA's new moon/Mars rockets and is scheduled for a first manned flight in 2014."
Space

Submission + - Lockheed and Bigelow to Build Space Hotel

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simonbp
simonbp writes: "Lockheed Martin and Bigelow Aerospace have entered into a deal to move towards the use of the Atlas V for private manned space flight ... A formal agreement between the two companies to study Atlas V feasibility for space tourism — including up to 16 launches a year — will be announced shortly. The initiative could radically transform both the "New Space" and traditional launch marketplace ... Bigelow Aerospace plans to build an orbiting hotel from inflatable modules for space tourists. The company is interested in Lockheed Martin's Atlas V to provide human and cargo transportation to their planned space station."

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