US-Russian Crew Says No Disputes on Space Station
Associated Press
In a newspaper interview published just days after he blasted off for the station last month, veteran Russian astronaut Gennady Padalka said that squabbles on Earth over access to food, water, toilets and other facilities have hurt crews’ morale and hampered cooperation between the Russians and Americans.
Israel Ojeda Coronado has some additional information about a delegation from Roskosmos that visited Mexico last month to discuss cooperative programs:
Next Big Future has an interview with Space Adventures Vice President of Marketing Tom Shelley. He discusses the Virginia-based company’s long term plans, the cost of space tourism, and what it will take to send billionauts on vacations around the moon.
Universe Today has an interview with Paragon Space Development Corporation CEO Taber MacCallum in which he defended NASA’s work on the Constellation program and blasted Congress for not giving the agency sufficient resources to do its job.
Here’s an intriguing piece on StrategyPage.com about the future of the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan. As I have written about here, the Russians plan to pull out of the facility after they have completed a new launch complex, Vostochny, in Amur.
The latest from The Orlando Sentinel: A person extremely close to [Nick] Lampson has told the Orlando Sentinel that the Houston Chronicle misinterpreted remarks by the former Houston representative about being ready to “move on” with his life as meaning he was not interested in the NASA job. “Nick Lampson is still in the running despite earlier reports from the Houston Chronicle,” the person, who is very familiar with the […]
PRESS RELEASE
Astrotech Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPAB – News), a leading provider of commercial space services, released today that the RSC Energia agreement in principle with the Company’s SPACEHAB Orbital Transportation, Inc. subsidiary, which was announced late last year, has now been formalized into a $1.8 million contract.
Russia’s largest manufacturer of aerospace and space equipment will utilize Astrotech’s Cape Canaveral, Florida payload processing facilities and receive support services from Astrotech to prepare its Mini Research Module (MRM1) for flight aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle during the STS-132 mission.
AIA PRESS RELEASE
Satellite export control rules are hampering U.S. national security and economic interests, and must be updated to protect the U.S. space industrial base, Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion Blakey said Thursday in written testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee.
ISEC PRESS RELEASE
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), a new group designed to promote outreach and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space at the global level, today announced details of its membership program.
AIAA PRESS RELEASE
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that it will host Inside Aerospace – An International Forum for Aviation and Space Leaders on May 12 and 13, at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Va.
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NASA’s Secret Rebels Want Obama on Their Side
Fox News
“The reason we have to be unnamed is NASA has a reputation for making life miserable for anyone who’s working on [DIRECT],” said an engineer who works at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and asked not to be identified. “Quite a few have been transferred to undesirable locations.”
