HR 656: it’s dead, Jim

As you may recall, a few months ago there was a frisson of concern about HR 656, a bill introduced by Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), ranking minority member of the House Transportation Committee, that would amend the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (CSLAA) with additional safety provisions. Most of the entrepreneurial suborbital community opposed those […]

More on roadmaps

[Apologies for the limited posting of late; I’ve been on travel and dealing with a laptop that’s been on the fritz.]

As noted here previously, NASA is accelerating its strategic roadmapping effort with the goal of completing this project by later this month. There are 13 roadmap efforts which, according to a source familiar with […]