Comments on: Florida officials turn to commercial space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/14/florida-officials-turn-to-commercial-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=florida-officials-turn-to-commercial-space Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: common sense http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/14/florida-officials-turn-to-commercial-space/#comment-280461 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:08:08 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2953#comment-280461 Not sure if we should read anything in Sen. Nelson intended speech in favor of commercial space but I’ll try anyway: Ares I is formally dead. Nothing being planned in the immediate future to fly out of KSC once the Shuttle is retired the only remaining option is commercial flights.

I am surprised that this was left out of the article even though I realize it only is hear-say:
“Obama administration officials and aerospace industry executives say that the White House is considering investing up to $3 billion in commercial space over four years as part of a revamping of the agency’s current human space exploration plans.”

But what to make of this article as it wrongfully states: ” A White House blue ribbon panel reviewing NASA’s human spaceflight plans suggested that the administration should ditch Ares I because it faced serious technical problems and was too expensive.” I don’t remember the Augustine panel saying so. I assume that is the panel the article is referring to?

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