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Commercial contracting for space launch, then and now

February 15, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Working together with industry to identify and resolve problem areas, NASA has evolved innovative contracting approaches which emulate good commercial contracting practices while retaining some […]

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Is it an embarrassment how the US Air Force treated SpaceX?

January 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

I’ll tell you, what SpaceX had to do to effectively do business with the United States Air Force embarrassed us in public. No service secretary […]

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ULA mostly advocates for the status quo regulations in launch

November 30, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

ULA enjoys a good working relationship with the FAA and addresses licensing issues with the agency in real-time… The FAA is doing an excellent job […]

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Commercial launch faces conflicting regulations that slows technology growth

November 28, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The FAA rules specific to ELVs [Expendable Launch Vehicles] are a voluminous set of prescriptive and detailed regulations. FAA promulgated these ELV regulations almost 15 […]

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