I'm really hoping the R3 will be under $40k (it won't).
Well of course they do, it all but guarantees that they'll win. And 2nd place goes to Axiom?
That would leave behind Starlab and Orbital Reef. In my dreams, there's a world where ESA funds Starlab and Blue Origin / Bezos lives up to their stated mission and self funds Reef.
Millennium is over 20 years old, so I really feel like they shouldn't have bus problems like this. But they are a Boeing subsidiary...
I have an Inreach that is nowhere close to real time messaging, but I just got used to its limitations. I'm kind of looking forward to when satellite direct-to-cell connections are reliable enough that I can drop the Inreach.
I like the size and shape. Not so much the animations and exterior speakers.
Well that kind of statement usually isn't a good sign
Don't worry, the terminally online meme historians are here to help
This is SpaceX launching a competitor again? Starshield and SDA PWSA aren't 1:1, but Starshield has been floated as a replacement for Tranche 3+.
Ok, I'm back in. The 30 day mission is a Crewed Flight Test that NASA is formalizing in a way that sneaks Vast into the competition, which I'm fine with given how much hardware theyre building.
There isn't a decision point that says when we have a CLD, we will end ISS.
I don't love that. Everything Russia is doing on the ground and in orbit is such a missed opportunity to get money and set a deadline to get out of that toxic relationship. This also makes it harder to define the market for commercial stations, so private investment gets a little tougher.
Is it ablative or reusable
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It's the Exploration Augmentation Module that more or less turned into Gateway HALO.