NASA Space Shuttle

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Normalising deviance

Jan 17, 2026 5 min read

Analysis Science Uncategorized Bruno Latour Challenger disaster Columbia disaster Diane Vaughan Indian Space Research Organisation N1 rocket NASA Space Shuttle parliament of things PSLV-C61 PSLV-C62 Richard Feynman Steve Woolgar

A.k.a. the importance of public scrutiny…

So what's ISRO testing on May 23?

May 20, 2016 3 min read

Uncategorized heat resistance Hypersonic Experiment 1 Indian Space Research Organisation NASA Space Shuttle payload reusable launch vehicle SpaceX Sriharikota High Altitude Range

ISRO has said that the RLV, should it someday be deployed, will be able to bring down launch costs from $5,000 per kg to $2,000 per kg.…