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    Orbital Refuelling - The Next Chapter

    This might be an interesting read for you... https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm
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    Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: 'We don't feel stranded

    To me the only time there was danger to Butch and Sunni was the 22 days between Starliner leaving and Crew 9 arriving. Since their Boeing space suits wouldn't work in Dragon, if there was an emergency during that 22 days things could have been dicey. Once their shiny SpaceX suits arrived...
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    Human landing on Mars

    Agreed. A lot of questions can be answered before sending a human crew. Can plants grow in the Martian regolith? Is there water and can it be obtained in sufficient quantities? Can we build habitats using regolith? And many others. It's a shame the NERVA project was cancelled. We could have...
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    NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions

    I wonder if they are using any of the data from the NERVA project