Category Archives: SLS

Debate to begin on smallest NASA budget since 2006

On May 8 the U.S. House of Representatives will begin debate on a 2013 appropriations bill that could cut NASA’s budget by more than $200 million, gives NASA some NOAA…

Newt Gingrich, Advocate of Space, Moon base, but NASA?

Lofty goals such as manned moon base by 2020, but are they real? Editorial – With the election campaign in full swing Newt Gingrich has recently been stumping Florida and…

Space Launch System (SLS) Configurations

NASA SLS Rocket facts and specifications

SLS rocket will be the largest rocket since the Apollo Saturn V. NASA issued a report NASA’s Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle persuent to Section 309 of the…

NASA SLS rocket

Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?

  SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new heavy lift rocket. The pictures of this new rocket look…

SpaceX Falcon Rocket has twice payload capacity

  Falcon Rocket only overshadowed by Saturn 5 WASHINGTON –  CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) unveiled the dramatic final specifications and launch date for the…