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Spending Bill To Accelerate NASA Habitation Module Work
http://spacenews.com/spending-bill-to-accelerate-nasa-habitation-module-work/
Spending Bill To Accelerate NASA Habitation Module Work
by Jeff Foust — December 28, 2015
WASHINGTON — An omnibus spending bill passed by Congress this month directs NASA to accelerate work on a habitation module that could be used for future deep space missions, although how NASA will implement that direction is unclear.
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“NASA shall develop a prototype deep space habitation module within the advanced exploration systems program no later than 2018,” the report states. It also requires NASA to provide Congress with a report within 180 days of the bill’s enactment on the status of the program and how it has spent the funds provided.
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Scimemi said he envisions testing out the habitation module and other key technologies in a year-long “shakedown cruise” in cislunar space by the late 2020s, demonstrating that they are able to support a long-duration human Mars mission. “That is our big objective for cislunar space for human spaceflight,” he said.
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“We’re thrilled that Congress took the lead,” said Mike Gold, director of D.C. operations and business growth for Bigelow Aerospace, in a Dec. 16 interview. “It is the missing piece of the human space exploration puzzle.”
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Spending Bill To Accelerate NASA Habitation Module Work
by Jeff Foust — December 28, 2015
WASHINGTON — An omnibus spending bill passed by Congress this month directs NASA to accelerate work on a habitation module that could be used for future deep space missions, although how NASA will implement that direction is unclear.
<snip>
“NASA shall develop a prototype deep space habitation module within the advanced exploration systems program no later than 2018,” the report states. It also requires NASA to provide Congress with a report within 180 days of the bill’s enactment on the status of the program and how it has spent the funds provided.
<snip>
Scimemi said he envisions testing out the habitation module and other key technologies in a year-long “shakedown cruise” in cislunar space by the late 2020s, demonstrating that they are able to support a long-duration human Mars mission. “That is our big objective for cislunar space for human spaceflight,” he said.
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“We’re thrilled that Congress took the lead,” said Mike Gold, director of D.C. operations and business growth for Bigelow Aerospace, in a Dec. 16 interview. “It is the missing piece of the human space exploration puzzle.”
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Now if we can just get the Space: 1999 cast back together, we'd be all set. Sadly, the principles are all gone. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse. (The latter never captured The Fugitive either.)
Oh those wonderful days of imaginative and thoughtful TV SciFi!
BTW, bananas, a Happy New Year to you and yours!
It didn't last long, but it certainly caught my imagination. But even at the age of 10, I knew there was no way a nuke explosion could blast the Moon out of it's Earth orbit (details, details...). But I loved the character of Maya (Catherine Schell), and wondered if Tony (Tony Anholt) and Maya ever hooked up. It would be cool if some station picked it up under syndication. I'd pop a lot of popcorn for that!
Oh yeah - this post was supposed to be about NASA funding.
Nevermind. 
