Most elements of a major NASA event this week that laid out spaceflight plans for the coming decade were well received: a Moon base, a focus on less talk and more action, and working with industry to streamline regulations so increased innovation can propel the United States further into space.
During the Ignition event on Tuesday, NASA leaders had blunt words for the future of commercial activity in low-Earth orbit.
By Wednesday morning, Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, whose organization represents several of the companies proposing to build commercial space stations, shot back during a previously scheduled hearing before Congress.
