Eric Thiel
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Eric Thiel
@Space_Strategy
Space settlement advocate. EV and robotics enthusiast. YouTube: Space Strategy


🚨 NASA is on the verge of making one of the biggest mistakes in modern space policy. After decades of progress toward commercial space stations, the agency is considering cuts to the very program designed to replace the ISS and proposing what amounts to an “ISS 2.0” government-owned station. Our response? WTH?! The Space Frontier Foundation has spent 40 years fighting to open low Earth orbit to private enterprise, innovation, and human settlement. We’re not going backwards now. We submitted a forceful response to NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations RFI, outlining exactly what must happen to ensure American companies (not government bureaucracy) build the next generation of space stations. This is a pivotal moment. The decisions made this year will determine whether the United States leads the next era of human spaceflight… or creates another unnecessary gap in orbit. Read more of our response here 👉 spacefrontier.org/post/fighting-… #CommercialSpace #SpacePolicy #ISS #NASA #SpaceStations #NewSpace #LowEarthOrbit #SpaceEconomy #SpaceFrontierFoundation


@blueorigin @SpaceX Instead of using the interim cryogenic propulsion stage as the upper stage of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for this mission, @NASA will use a “spacer,” a representation of the mass and overall dimensions of an upper stage but without propulsive capabilities.

On my way to Beijing in Air Force One

Artemis III if it was REALLY cool




Virgin Galactic has reached a new production milestone, successfully towing its latest SpaceShip from the assembly hangar to the test and launch hangar. The vehicle will undergo final systems integration and ground testing. The next-generation SpaceShips are being built at our SpaceShip factory in Mesa, Arizona.









