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China’s Space Budget is Nearly Triple Russia’s Budget But Far Less Than the USA Budget
Posted in Business, Science on 25th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
SpaceX developments will prevent China from overtaking the USA in space technology. Russia will continue to shrink in importance as part of what is happening in space.
India launches Chandrayaan-2 lunar landing mission
Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
According to ISRO, the spacecraft is scheduled to carry out a series of engine maneuvers that will place it into a translunar orbit and is expected to arrive at the Moon on September 7.
NASA’s large SLS rocket unlikely to fly before at least late 2021
Posted in Science on 18th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
NASA has not been good at setting realistic budget and schedules.
NASA tests emergency abort system for its future super heavy moon rocket
Posted in Hardware, Science on 3rd Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller
The Launch Abort System (LAS) sits at the very top of the gigantic rocket, and is tasked with forcefully pulling the crew out of harm's way in the event of a life-threatening mission failure.
More Cost Overruns Realistically Means Space Launch System Requires Congress to Reauthorize
Posted in Hardware, Science on 20th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
SLS will cost over a billion per launch and is using side booster and some other technology from the 1980s space shuttle system.