Archive for April, 2010

Space Tourism Firm to Offer Suborbital Joy Rides at Lower Costs …

Friday, April 30th, 2010

computer game entrepreneur John Carmack, to sell space tourist seats on new suborbital rocket ships that are currently in development at Armadillo. Flights aboard Armadillo’s vertically-launched rocket ship … partnership with Space Adventures to help us take things through to commercial operation.” Armadillo Aerospace, a leading developer of reusable rocket-powered vehicles, also produces rocket engines for the X-racer aircraft used in the Rocket …

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Companies join forces to offer more space tourism opportunities

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Everything is coming together – there is enough clarity in the technical, regulatory, and market factors that it is the right time to form a solid partnership with Space Adventures to help us take things through to commercial operation …

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Companies join forces to offer more space tourism opportunities

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Everything is coming together – there is enough clarity in the technical, regulatory, and market factors that it is the right time to form a solid partnership with Space Adventures to help us take things through to commercial operation …

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Space Politics » Senators want more details about NASA's new direction

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Look, if we are to invest billions, the least we could do is to research in shielding technology, which we would still need for prolonged space travel . Like Mars.

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RcTodays » Blog Archive » GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Pt. II

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Newton’s first law of motion governs a spaceship travelling in space : It continues to travel at uniform speed. Since there is no reaction in space , a retro-rocket fired in the direction opposite to that of the motion, …… Charles Seeberger, with a company named Otis Elevator Company, built the first commercial escalator

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