Space policy roundup – Sept.7.13

Some space policy items:

Update: Notes From NASA Deputy Administrator Garver’s Farewell Reception – NASA Watch

2 thoughts on “Space policy roundup – Sept.7.13”

  1. Re: Garver/SLS

    The fact that we’ve yet to hear anything from Senator Monster Rocket (D-FL) in response to Garver or the IG’s recent Orion appraisal seems telling. Are the…ugh…”stakeholders” finally beginning to see the harsh, blinding light of budgetary reason?

  2. There were a several Senatorial rocket engineers involved in the design of this HLV to Nowhere but Nelson was definitely one of them:

    “The estimated five-year price tag for the giant rocket is $10 billion, $6 billion for the capsule and $2 billion for the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said. “What we have here now are the realistic costs,” said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL).” – Sept.14,2011
    http://www.billnelson.senate.gov/news/details.cfm?id=334055&

    “[…] that the rocket should be ready by the end of 2016, and that NASA could have about $11.5 billion to develop it.

    At the time, Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who helped shape the NASA blueprint, said, ‘If we can’t do it for that, then we ought to question whether or not we can build a rocket.'”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/science/space/25nasa.html?pagewanted=all

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