Rocket Report: Water-propulsion tests promising, Senate shows EUS the money

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Welcome to Edition 2.16 of the Rocket Report! It's been a busy week in space, with the launch of the first person from the United Arab Emirates as well as the final launch of a venerable Russian rocket. By my favorite story this week is a recollection by Wayne Hale about one contingency NASA never had to put in place with the space shuttle-a crew member riding home in the payload bay.

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Blue Origin to conduct two more uncrewed test flights. The company expects to fly its New Shepard space tourism rocket at least two more times before it puts the first people on board, Chief Executive Bob Smith said this week. This probably will necessitate a slip into 2020 for the first crewed flights, CNBC reports.

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