Posts Tagged ‘rockets’

Recreational Rocket Science: From 2003: It is rocket science

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Today, our attitude toward space is: “Been there, done that, got the T- shirt.” From miraculous to mundane in fewer than 40 years. A nation once awestruck by astronaut heroes winning the ” space race” has learned to seek its … that otherwise would go empty — borrowing a trick from the new ubercapitalists of space , the Russians, who put Pizza Hut logos on their rockets and are on the road to giving space travel the commercialized look of a NASCAR race.

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Future Space Travel | Space Exploration

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

future space travel . NASA Funds Test Flights for Private Experimental Rockets Two commercial space companies are set to launch experimental rockets on a series of test flights close to the edge of space , supported by new NASA funding. …..

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News of Future: First Hotel on the Moon Finally Opens

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Argument: Apart from the few tourists that already have been out in space , commercial space flights will be available in 2008 through companies like Space Adventures and Virgin Galactic, even though they will just be out in space for a short time. Since several organizations plan …

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Dick Embry’s Application to become a Virgin Galactic Pilot

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

PLEASE SUPPORT RICHARD in his attempt to become a Virgin Galactic Pilot.

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