“Once you have the transportation system to Mars, then there’s a vast set of opportunities.”…| Ars Technica
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…| Ars Technica
“I believe pursuing both lunar and Martian objectives is not inherently cost-prohibitive.”…| Ars Technica
“We believe that Jared Isaacman is uniquely qualified to lead NASA.”…| Ars Technica
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.| Ars Technica
“I don’t know what’s making it.”…| Ars Technica
“Nature is handing us an incredibly rare experiment.”…| Ars Technica
Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.| Ars Technica
“NASA’s budget request is just a going-out-of-business mode” without Isaacman.| Ars Technica
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft – which had been docked at the International Space Station all summer, after leaving 2 astronauts stranded there – returned uncrewed to Earth last night. NASA reported its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT on September 6 (4:01 UTC on September 7), at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. Meanwhile, the astronauts are still at the ISS … waiting to come home. Image via NASA.| EarthSky
For fun, we could compare Starship as it exists today to other available rockets.| Ars Technica