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Future Orion Spacecraft Will Be Far Safer Than Space Shuttles, According To Lockheed Vice President And Former Astronaut

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Monday, October 13th, 2008

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In Space Shuttle Program, 14 Crew Members So Far Died Over 17 Years In Two Disasters; NASA, Lockheed, Learning From Tragedies Reightler Says New System Eliminates Threats From Ice And Foam Hitting Crew Capsule, Danger Of Remaining Linked To Exploding Rocket, And Problems Of Having Crew And Heavy Lift In One Single Vehicle HAMPTON, Va. -- The next-generation Orion-Ares manned U.S. spacecraft will be inherently safer in multiple ways, compared to the existing space shuttles that have risks built into…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]