Commercial Space Travel

SpaceX Dragon flight to ISS raises stakes for commercial space …

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:02:19 +0000

Commercial cargo ship Dragon is due to lift off for the International Space Station in less than two days. The launch was postponed several times, igniting heated debate on the reliability of the vehicle and the future of manned …

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admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:45:35 +0000

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Keep the shuttle flying: News 5/15/12

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:08:00 +0000

Tonight, Tuesday, May 15, at 10 p.m. the “Off Limits” Travel Channel show with Host Don Wildman will air an episode featuring the NBL, EVA Tools and the SEV. ….

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Space – News From the Final Frontier: Private sector edges deeper …

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:08:00 +0000

Already, there are some hints of how the era of commercial space travel might unfold. Companies such as Virgin Galactic, XCOR and Space Adventures are booking passengers on suborbital joy rides to space , promised for …

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JacksMars: The Space Review: The big test: A test flight for SpaceX …

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:05:00 +0000

I am a dedicated member of the Mars Society,Norcal Mars Society National Space Society, Planetary Society, And the SETI Institute.

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ESA's next stop: Jupiter's icy moons – Light Years – CNN.com Blogs

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:23:11 +0000

One such instrument is the craft's magnetometer. Designed by Magnes' team at the Space Research Institute in Austria, it is outfitted with high-tech sensors for measuring the direction and intensity of a body's magnetic fields …

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The Discovery Enterprise: The Fabric of the Cosmos Episode 2

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:05:00 +0000

In search of answers, Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time- travelling adventure , hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to the past.

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Contrary Brin: Challenges for Future Generations: space, brain …

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:02:00 +0000

See Our Reborn Future in Space , my look at the ambitious proposal by Planetary Resources to mine asteroids for “trillions” in purported mineral wealth. How are ….

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Space news 5/10/12 | keeptheshuttleflying.com

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:40:18 +0000

Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space taxi built from shuttle heritage booster rockets and a prototype NASA spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep- space Orion capsule, the companies announced on Wednesday. … While it may be some time before tourists can book space travel , an announcement Wednesday from Alliant Techsystems Inc.

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admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:40:18 +0000

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