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The billionaire Jared Isaacman said his Polaris missions with SpaceX are "a question mark" now. AdvertisementJared Isaacman has flown two SpaceX missions to space and is slated to fly two more. However, Isaacman may no longer fly those missions now that President-elect Donald Trump has tapped him to lead NASA. SpaceXThe program is scheduled to fly two future missions, including the first human flight aboard SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket. "The future of the Polaris program is a little bit of a question mark at the moment.
Persons: Jared Isaacman, Donald Trump, Isaacman, Elon Musk's, John Logsdon, Logsdon, SpaceX's, George Nield Organizations: Polaris, SpaceX, NASA, Polaris Program, SpaceX's, Reuters, Space, George Washington University Locations: Orlando
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who chairs the National Space Council, has signaled her intention to codify new rules for private space activities, but the plan for the executive order has not been reported. The executive order is considered an early step to simplify existing regulations before new rules take shape. Companies like Blue Origin, Axiom Space and others are developing private space stations with unclear procedures for how they can court foreign governments as customers or execute their missions in space. Private space stations like Orbital Reef, which Blue Origin is developing with Boeing and Sierra Space, could be deployed by 2030. White House officials have held several "listening sessions" with space companies since Nov. 14 to discuss what rules the space industry would like to see, according to people familiar with the meetings.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who chairs the National Space Council, has signaled her intention to codify new rules for private space activities, but the plan for the executive order has not been reported. The executive order is considered an early step to simplify existing regulations before new rules take shape. Companies like Blue Origin, Axiom Space and others are developing private space stations with unclear procedures for how they can court foreign governments as customers or execute their missions in space. However, a lack of rules governing private in-space activities complicates space companies' ties with prospective customers, investors and insurers that need more legal certainty. Private space stations like Orbital Reef, which Blue Origin is developing with Boeing and Sierra Space, could be deployed by 2030.
A 23-ton chunk of China's Long March 5B rocket is on track to fall back to Earth this weekend. The Mengtian module, which carries science experiments, blasted off on China's Long March 5B rocket. No one knows where the rocket body will fall, and nobody is controlling it. Some of it will likely burn up as it plows through the atmosphere, but the rocket body is too large to completely disintegrate. China's rocket debris keeps crashing back to EarthDebris suspected to be from a Chinese booster rocket in Borneo, which were found in late July.
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