- Sincerely and With Great Respect: Bezos Makes NASA an Offer
There are all sorts of reasons why NASA should ignore Bezos’ latest offer. But most folks will focus on the $2 billion for why it shouldn’t.… Continue reading Sincerely and With Great Respect: Bezos Makes NASA an Offer - Focus On: Virgin Galactic’s Wild Ride–Future of Spaceflight or Fair Ride?
With a major milestone out of the way, is Virgin Galactic primed for becoming the future of suborbital human spaceflight?… Continue reading Focus On: Virgin Galactic’s Wild Ride–Future of Spaceflight or Fair Ride? - 2Q21 Spacecraft Deployment Review
While 2021 launches have yet to eclipse records, satellite deployments already have. Read on to see how many satellites have deployed during the first half of 2021.… Continue reading 2Q21 Spacecraft Deployment Review - 2Q21 Orbital Space Launch Review
How many launches did the world’s nations conduct during the second quarter of 2021? Read on to find out.… Continue reading 2Q21 Orbital Space Launch Review - Astra Projection: Examining Astra’s Apollo Fusion Acquisition
Astra acquires a propulsion company–it hasn’t successfully conducted a whole launch yet. Do the rationales override reality?… Continue reading Astra Projection: Examining Astra’s Apollo Fusion Acquisition - Into the Gap Analysis (of a space company)
Demonstrating a useful analysis tool in the drive to separate the space wheat from the space chaff. There’s a lot of chaff!… Continue reading Into the Gap Analysis (of a space company) - The Russian Tantrum and Threat
Russia is threatening to take its ISS toys and go home, but leaving will hurt them more than anyone else. Also, a Texas representative may be ascribing Earth-moving powers to bureaucracy.… Continue reading The Russian Tantrum and Threat - Disruption Or Dissonance? Relativity Space
Just how disruptive is Relativity Space? The company thinks its 3D printers are more than tools–they are harbingers of future factories and operations. But words cloud the company’s actions.… Continue reading Disruption Or Dissonance? Relativity Space - Focus On: ULA’s Challenges, Part 3
The last of a ULA analysis series. ULA’s strategic plan is dissonant with reality. What changes must it make? Can it? … Continue reading Focus On: ULA’s Challenges, Part 3
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