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Actions to NASA OICS: • • . • Within 30 days of this directive, the Associate Administrator (AA) for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) shall designate a Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who will serve as the empowered and accountable official for end-to-end execution of the FSP effort, including procurement, technology integration, interagency … Read more

China’s two biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, records show, a measure of how far they are falling behind Elon Musk’s company SpaceX for dominance in space communications. Satellites in low Earth orbit, up to 1,200 miles above the planet, are increasingly seen as essential for driverless cars, drone … Read more

● ● • We dissent to changes to NASA’s Technical Authority capacities that are driven by anything other than safety and mission assurance. The culture of organizational silence promoted at NASA over the last six months already represents a dangerous turn away from the lessons learned following the Columbia disaster. … Read more