[Antares launch/failure discussion.]

Every time I watch an Antares launch the only thing going through my head is "I really hope the AJ- 26's don't show their N1 heritage". Alas...

[4PM EST - NASA Announces the New Contractor ...]

Atlas V is by Lockheed Martin and Boeing which make up the United Launch Alliance.

Also, I just found this from the LA Times.

So yeah, Boeing is receiving around 1.6 times more money than SpaceX for the contract.

SpaceX asked for that much, Boeing also asked for that much. All that shows is how SpaceX is saying that they can do a better job (reusable and all) for less than Boeing. It may not seem like it, but that is sort of a slap in the face to Boeing, seeing that they need 1.6x the money to do the same job.

[Antares launch from Wallops, VA at 12:52pm EST. 7/13]

The first stage was coming back for revenge on the Castor B for leaving it behind.

[[0.90] Stanford Torus 0.6]

Sweet Mother of God

[Will the SLS ever fly?]

Unfortunately, yes I think it will.

[House Committee Chairman Encourages NASA To Send Crew Flyby Mars in 2021]

If Planetary Science takes a hit then no. NASA has this obsession with Mars, even with a whole other solar system to explore. Dont get me wrong, I am all for a Mars mission, so long as Planetary Science gets an increase, or remains at about $1.5 billion. I however could see a manned mission exciting the public, and hence increasing the funding for all divisions of NASA.

[Another Proton rocket failure - May 15, 2014]

Given Angara's track record (2/3 launches failed), that might not be the best of ideas.

I thought that Angara was yet to have its maiden flight... My understanding is that it is to occur this June.

[Another Proton rocket failure - May 15, 2014]

I read something somewhere that after they lost a Proton due to improper installation of several gyroscopes they finally had enough and installed cameras to watch the construction of the rockets a lot more closely. They really had some awful times with shoddy workmanship in that program.

I hope that this isn't a recurrence of the same issue, they really need Proton to be performing well in order to not lose contracts to the west.

However, on the inside, I hope Rogozin feels like an idiot.

No, as far anyone can tell so far, it appears to be a faulty vernier rocket in the third stage, which caused the rocket to loose control. Maybe Russia could start sending their satellites into orbit with trampolines?

[Another Proton rocket failure - May 15, 2014]

I'd suggest accelerating the development of the Angara family and the PPTS, so they can stop using old rocket designs.

Even though it might work alright, would you ride a Ford TT across the country?

I would agree with that and I wish that would happen, but i just dont think that Roscosmos has enough funding to move any faster with Angara.

[Another Proton rocket failure - May 15, 2014]

The rocket itself is a pretty reliable rocket. Most failures are problems with the different attachable upper stages, like the Briz- M. Im no engineer, but with all the failures with the Proton recently I think that Roscosmos needs to take more time after this failure, and pound out as many problems as they can, but like I said, Im no engineer and there could be other factors involved that would make scrubbing all the launches for the next year pointless.

[Proton Crash]

So a Proton M crashed today after its launch from Baikonour. Thoughts?

[News Stories]

http://rt.com/news/159304-proton-rocket-crashed-kazakhstan/

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/russian-proton-m-launches-with-ekspress-am4r/

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/16/world/europe/russia-rocket-accident/

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

Its great to finally get an update on this mod and I hope to see an update soon!

[[WIP] KerbChaser - Kerbal Dreamchaser Project]

Very excited for this!

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

I have it installed as KSP-GameData-ISS. Inside the ISS folder are folders titled BobCatind, ISS_Community, KAS and TSAS. Hope this helps.

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

You should have the Mir Core Module, ISS FGB, Quest, Unity, Node 2/3, Columbus, Destiny, Leonardo MPM, JEM, SO Truss, P1/S1 Truss, and the P6/S6 Truss

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

There is a Cygnus mod?

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

The other thing that would be nice is Cygnus, and truss parts like the Mobile Base System.

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

I would love to see a working shuttle pack, but I really want a pack with Dream Chaser and maybe the CST- 100

[International construction ISS in Kerbal orbit.]

Im pretty sure someone is working on HTV, but I would really like to see a Rassvet.