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Who decided that a <1 in 10,000 probability of contaminating the europan ocean by a viable Earth microorganism was legally and ethically sufficient?
In comments below Is there any demonstrated or even proposed technology that can sterilize a spacecraft with 100% certainty and yet leave it electronically functional? there is a link to Europa Lander ...
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How many politically appointed positions are there at NASA in toto?
28-Nov-2020 Aviation Week's NASA Chief Plans To Step Aside Under Biden quotes former NASA director Jim Bridenstine saying:
“The right question here is ‘What’s in the best interest of NASA as an ...
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How do US citizens vote in space?
Astronaut Kate Rubins tweeted that she has voted while being on the ISS:
How does that work? Did she have some paperwork with her that she can send down to earth with a spacecraft soon? The ...
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How many US states receive large amounts of money due to SLS?
That NASA is spread out over so many locations across the US is history and discussed elsewhere in this site. Briefly, Congress approves funding and the funding ends up in many, many of congress' ...
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What were the two circa 1965 semi-polar missions launched from Cape Canaveral?
Teslarati's SpaceX sets date for first Florida launch of its kind in more than half a century says
That November 1960 launch thus shut down East Coast polar launches to avoid overflying Cuba and ...
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Has the National Near Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan seen any action?
This answer to Does NASA have an end-of-the-world policy? mentions the National Near Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan.
Has this plan resulted in any action?
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What is the US president talking about re US/Japan dramatic expansion of military(?) cooperation?
According to the Bloomberg article Japan Astronauts to Soon Join U.S. in Trip to Mars, Trump Says:
The U.S. and Japan will “dramatically expand” their cooperation in outer space, with missions to ...
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How will the Gateway-before-boots sequence benefit US business, economic and technological development?
Update: Several people were kind enough to make helpful suggestions about this question. I'm looking strictly for well-reasoned, fact-based answer only. Thanks!
In the question More complete source ...
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More complete source for Lunar Gateway is “a stupid architecture” comments? (National Space Council Users' Advisory Group)
The Ars Technica article Former NASA administrator says Lunar Gateway is “a stupid architecture” disusses a meeting of the National Space Council Users' Advisory Group. Apparently there was not around-...
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