8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (4)
#9265218 at 2020-05-21 16:44:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11858: CIA coming back into the news [soon]? Edition
SKY EVENT? - MAY 27th Milestone Launch
Days before landmark launch, NASA's head of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, quits due to 'mistake'
by Alan Boyle on May 19, 2020 at 3:52 pm
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/nasas-head-human-spaceflight-bows-week-landmark-crewed-spacex-mission/
NASA's top executive concentrating on human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has resigned just a week before the scheduled start of a milestone space mission.
Loverro became NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations last December, and was playing a leading role in NASA's Artemis moon program as well as preparations for next week's launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.
That mission, set for liftoff on May 27 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is due to send NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the station for a stay that could last as long as four months. It'll be the first launch of an orbital crewed mission from U.S. soil since the retirement of NASA's space shuttles in 2011.
For nearly nine years, NASA has had to rely on the Russians to get American astronauts to the space station. If all goes according to plan, the SpaceX launch will end that era next week.
Before coming to NASA, Loverro spent three decades working for the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office, where he developed policies for national security-related space activities. He was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy from 2013 to 2017. Since then, he has operated an independent consulting firm.
https://www.space.com/Douglas-Loverro-nasa-human-spaceflight-operations.html
#9254506 at 2020-05-20 19:29:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11844: Mask Off, Mask On Reconcile Edition
'WE NEED ANSWERS': NASA HEAD OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT RESIGNS DAYS BEFORE FIRST MANNED LAUNCH FROM U.S. IN A DECADE
NASA's human exploration chief, Douglas Loverro, has resigned effectively immediately-roughly a week before the first manned launch in almost a decade.
For reasons that remain unclear, Loverro cited a "mistake" made earlier in the year for his decision to leave ahead of a May 27 launch to the International Space Station (ISS), in which two astronauts will take off in SpaceX's Crew Dragon craft.
NASA, too, has remained vague, thanking Loverro for his four decades of service while announcing deputy associate administrator Ken Bowersox as his successor.
In a note sent to colleagues at the space agency, Loverro said that his sudden absence would be due to his personal actions, without elaborating in further detail. "Our mission is certainly not easy, nor for the faint of heart, and risk-taking is part of the job description. The risks we take, whether technical, political, or personal, all have potential consequences if we judge them incorrectly," he wrote.
"I took such a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfil our mission. Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences. And therefore, it is with a very, very heavy heart that I write to you today to let you know that I have resigned from NASA effective May 18, 2020," Loverro continued in the note, which was published by SpaceRef.
Until now Loverro had played a key role in key NASA projects, including the Artemis program, which plans to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.
According to SpaceFlightNow, his resignation came two days before he was scheduled to chair a crucial readiness review for the May 27 launch, which marks the first time that astronauts will have been sent to the space station from the U.S. since 2011.
It is also a critical venture for Elon Musk's SpaceX. The mission-Demo-2-is the final step before NASA certifies Crew Dragon for operational missions to the space station. It will be led by two veteran NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
In an statement sent to The Washington Post, Loverro rejected any speculation that his resignation was somehow linked to the imminent Crew Dragon flight.
He denied to share additional information, asserting: "It had to do with moving fast on Artemis, and I don't want to characterize it in any more detail than that."
Rep. Kendra Horn, who chairs the House subcommittee that oversees NASA, said the resignation of Loverro was disconcerting. The congresswoman tweeted: "I am deeply concerned over this sudden resignation, especially eight days before the first scheduled launch of U.S. astronauts on U.S. soil in almost a decade. Under this Administration, we've seen a pattern of abrupt departures that have disrupted our efforts at human space flight."
In a subsequent update, Horn added: "We need answers."
http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/05/we-need-answers-nasa-head-of-human.html
#9245512 at 2020-05-20 00:13:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11833: The Marathon Edition
NASA RESIGNATION
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NASA's human spaceflight chief has resigned a week before SpaceX is supposed to launch its first astronauts for the agency
NASA's human spaceflight chief has resigned a week before SpaceX is supposed to launch its first astronauts for the agency
Dave Mosher
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Doug Loverro, NASA's human spaceflight chief, listens to Jim Bridenstine, the agency's administrator, during a town hall for employees on December 3, 2019. Joel Kowsky/NASA
Doug Loverro, who led NASA's human spaceflight division, has resigned after just six months on the job.Loverro quit just a week before SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers - two NASA astronauts - on a mission called Demo-2.In an email to NASA employees, Loverro referenced an unspecified "mistake" in risk-taking that led to his resignation.Ars Technica reported the mistake is "not related" to SpaceX's first crewed mission, but rather NASA's controversial lunar exploration program, called Artemis.An industry veteran told Business Insider that NASA's interim replacement "has the experience and judgement to shepherd human spaceflight through the coming weeks."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
In a shock to the rocket-and-spaceship industry, NASA's human spaceflight chief abruptly resigned on Monday.
The departure of Doug Loverro, a former member of the Department of Defense's Senior Executive Service, who took command of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate on December 2, comes at a critical time for the US space agency.
On May 27, SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers - NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley - on a roughly three-month mission to space called Demo-2. The test flight is designed to show NASA that SpaceX, the rocket company Elon Musk founded 18 years ago, can safely launch people into orbit aboard a Crew Dragon spaceship, dock with the International Space Station, and return the crew to Earth.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-human-spaceflight-head-Douglas-Loverro-leaves-spacex-demo2-mission-2020-5
#9244074 at 2020-05-19 22:28:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11831: It's ALL ABOUT the MISSION! Edition
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>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/nasa-human-spaceflight-director-ousted-268327
>Loverro, who previously worked at the super-secret National Reconnaissance Office, which builds and launches military satellites, said he was leaving the agency "with a very, very heavy heart" after making some "mistake" during his tenure, according to a letter to the workforce obtained by POLITICO.
Mr. Douglas Loverro is a highly regarded senior DoD space thinker and leader. During his 30 years on active duty, he led multiple programs within DoD and the NRO including the AF's GPS program, NRO's Future Imagery Program, and all AF Space Control programs.
He also served over 10 years as a DoD civilian in positions such as the Deputy for System Engineering at the NRO, Executive Director for the AF's Space and Missile System Center as well as the Deputy PEO for Space, and most recently, as DoD's Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy.
https://politicon.com/speaker/Douglas-Loverro/