Short Takes – 1-10-24 – Space Geek Edition

NASA Delays Artemis Astronaut Moon Missions. NYTimes.com article. Pull quote: “Amit Kshatriya, the deputy associate administrator in charge of the Moon to Mars program at NASA, said the discovery of problems with the valves in the Orion capsule’s life support system was the main cause for the Artemis II delay.”

Bad day in space: Moon mission fails and NASA program delayed. Phys.org article. Pull quote: “"It's a balance of making progress versus accepting risk—and I think in the long term these failures are just as informative success," he said, adding NASA's contracts with other companies, including Houston-based Intuitive Machines, which will attempt to launch a lander next month, helped spread such risks.”

NewSpace, satcom, and heavy rockets. TheSpaceReview.com article. Brief look at Indian space program. Pull quote: ““We [India] need bigger rockets and bigger systems. We cannot live with frugal engineering alone. We must embrace high-thrust rockets and cutting-edge technology. In this regard, the government’s decision to involve private industries in space activities is a positive step,” said Sivan.”

How Space Force is raising its cyber defenses. GovExec.com article. Pull quote: ““I think we do see that down the road — in the next 10 to 15 years — we would actually be trying to put together a cyber mission force,” she said, adding that “our goal would be to support U.S. Space Command, because who better to defend or to attack enemy capabilities in space than those who critically understand it and work on it every day?””