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Jeff Foust Retweeted
During #WorkingGroups this year at #MVA2018LA the participants are focusing on developing Lunar Exploration Principles
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Commercial space workshop panel is discussing how academic research in this field is disseminated to and used by various audiences. But, as one audience member noted, “I want to know what time it is and you’re telling me how to build a clock.”
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The Moon Village Association meeting is in a series of breakout sessions, after reportedly complaining that the USC people ate most of their lunch. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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At the USC commercial space workshop, Scott Pace gave an off-the-record talk over lunch. Now, with a smaller audience, there’s a panel on “Management Research Applied to Space.”
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Discussion has turned to lamenting about various government contracting mechanisms. Some call for strictly reducing use by NASA of cost-plus contracts; others warn that fixed firm price contracts don’t work well on some technology development programs.
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Sitting in on the USC commercial space workshop now. Some discussions about the maturity and “legitimacy” (from an organizational theory standpoint) of the industry given pace of development and reliance on government.
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Caleb Henry Retweeted
SV84 reentered early this morning over the Pacific ocean. It reentered just 2 days short of its 20th birthday, having been launched 11/6/98 from VAFB. 50 (of 66) Iridium Block 1 satellites deboosted so far; this is the 41st reentry. 3 more to reenter this week! #Flarewell
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One thing not mentioned in Franck’s talk: it appears the Lux. government sold its stake in Planetary Resources before the asteroid mining company was acquired last week by ConsenSys: http://bit.ly/2RuHnmW
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Pierre Franck of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office: don’t expect recent (Oct. 14) parliamentary election in Luxembourg to change its Space Resources initiative. New coalition government likely to have same parties as the previous one, and effort has momentum.
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Jim Green, NASA chief scientist, says plans to make the first selections in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program still expected in the “December timeframe.”
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ESA Director General Jan Wörner, in a prerecorded video for the meeting: don’t go back to the Moon, go forward to the Moon. (And yes, he emphasized that the Moon Village is not a real village, as he does almost every time he talks about it.)
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Pace: We support the Outer Space Treaty and have no plans to change it, as the vice president recently said.
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Pace: does humanity have any future in space? This group would say yes, obviously, but that is a faith-based answer. Need to know if humans can live “off the land” in space, and if there’s any economic justification for humans in space.
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Pace: commercial roles in lunar exploration could expand to include transporting astronauts to the lunar surface, through perhaps a COTS-like approach.
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Pace: we wanted to create a program where we can engage with other nations. Mars is not a bad idea, but it did not provide enough opportunities for potential commercial and international partners.
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Scott Pace, executive secretary of the National Space Council, giving an overview of US space policy, including the shift back to the Moon in SPD-1 to “tie space exploration to geopolitical interests” of international and commercial cooperation.
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Giuseppe Reibaldi, president of the Moon Village Association, emphasizes the international nature of the organization, with China one of the participating countries. But, no Chinese are able to attend this meeting in the US because of “visa problems.”
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The Moon Village Association meeting is being livestreamed. Introductory comments now, Scott Pace (National Space Council executive secretary) to speak shortly: http://bit.ly/2RFf8ST
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If you have to start an event at 8 am on a Sunday, at least it’s on the Sunday that marks the end of DST. The Moon Village Association is starting its meeting shortly, while down the hall USC is doing a separate commercial space workshop.
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Jeff Foust Retweeted
This weekend, the Seattle skyline is glowing blue to honor the life and accomplishments of Paul Allen. Following Seattle's lead, we will be illuminating SpaceShipOne, the privately developed space vehicle funded by Allen, in blue light. https://s.si.edu/2PMHMkov
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