News Archive / Tagged: Editorial

• OPINION: Commercial Crew – It was never about saving money

  Curt GodwinNovember 1st, 2016

  The last time NASA had to pony up for astronauts to hitch a ride to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Russians on their venerable Soyuz spacecraft, they paid – on average – nearly $82 million per seat, for a total of six seats. That's $490 million to get six astronauts to the ISS.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Waiting

  Jason RhianOctober 25th, 2016

  CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — The sleepy seaside village of Chincoteague only has a population of about 3,000 and is generally a quiet restful place best known for the wild ponies who reside in the wetlands surrounding NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The island’s peaceful nature has been interrupted over the course of the past three years with some fairly dramatic activity.

• Reflections on the launch of OA-5: Infinite Blue

  Jason RhianOctober 24th, 2016

  WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — On Monday, Oct. 10, as I sit at Orlando International Airport, I was left wondering which gods I had offended. This was one of only a handful of trips SpaceFlight Insider had opted to undertake in 2016, and it was off to a less than auspicious start.

• OPINION: What are the 2016 presidential contenders’ views on space?

  Jim SiegelSeptember 25th, 2016

  Voters are likely having a hard time learning about how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump feel about space exploration. Neither of their websites mentions NASA or space exploration. The platforms for each Party only give a cursory mention of these topics. Space exploration simply doesn't top the agenda during this election.