by Rob Coppinger | Apr 14, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
A heavy lift rocket is needed to sustain the International Space Station (ISS) because when Shuttle retires key parts of the station are too large for any of the existing rockets available or those planned In an exclusive interview Boeing vice president and ISS...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 7, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle
In that great tradition of immoveable objects encountering the unstoppable force it seems the force has won out and the object, the flexible path aka plan A, is succumbing to Congressional willCertainly if you believe what NASAWatch thinks is happening behind...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s bill for authorising human spaceflight does not differ markedly from the leaked 9 February dated bill text revealed by Hyperbola last weekThe Interesting changes are the following:Bolden must submit a National Space Transportation...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2010 | commercial launch services, Constellation, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Former US Marine Corp Major-General Charles Bolden must by now be reflecting upon the military axiom, no plan survives contact with an enemy. In this case Bolden’s enemies are the Congressmen and women hell bent on not accepting the president Barack Obama...
by Rob Coppinger | Feb 1, 2010 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Space Shuttle
Hyperbola is and will be working east coast time to cover the NASA budget publication and reactions to it
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 17, 2009 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, Russia, Space Shuttle, Technology
Hyperbola has come to the conclusion that the leading exploration option from Norman Augustine’s report, much reported in the press, will sacrifice workforce, skills, infrastructure and technology for a gilded future that will never...
