08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... Blue Origin’s reusable orbital rocket New Glenn. Meanwhile a subsidiary of OHB Group – OHB System AG – also signed a contract with ESA to be the agencies industrial principal contractor for its PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... Space Launch System (SLS) could have an impact on realising these goals on time. Even if commercial companies were contracted to pick up the slack if the SLS is not ready in time, a possibility noted by Bridenstine himself, the report states...
23 October 2019
Landing site sought for UN's Dream Chaser mission
...taking place in Washington, DC. A US company, SNC won a contract with NASA to build two Dream Chasers - the first that will ...2021 to 2024. According to NASA's Cargo Resupply Services contracts, SNC will retain ownership of its Dream Chasers and ...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
...’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts.” Doug Loverro, associate administrator of NASA’s human exploration....” Many years of work took place before contracts were even finalised, and contractors received award payments...
