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- NASA Administrator O'Keefe Steps Down
- SpaceShipOne Wins the Ansari X-Prize
- SpaceShipOne’s First Ansari X-Prize Flight
- Name Change; License Granted; and a New Cost Paradigm
- SpaceShipOne To Fire Rocket Motor?
- Three Tests
- Nova II Capsule Revealed
- Tragedy
- The Return of Mir
- New Age Is a Step Closer
- The Future Is Now
- Cosmonauts Strike Over NASAs Bizarre Dichotomy
- NBC To Broadcast Mir 'Survivor' Show
- 29 July 2012
- Added "Space Debris and Its Mitigation
" to the archive.
- 16 July 2012
- Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
- 9 December 2010
- Updated "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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25 September 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
Where no scalpel has gone before
by Carol Pinchefsky
News / Other (Bad)
18 September 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
...greeted by "toxic irritant"
by Carol Pinchefsky
News / Tourism (Bad)
21 August 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
Replacement to ISS to be determined
According to a BBC article Daisuke Enomoto, the Japanese businessman who had planned to travel to the
International Space Station, has failed his medical test.
, has failed his medical test. News / General (None)
19 June 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
Looking for alternative fuel sources
According to this Register article, China plans to send astronauts to the moon in the year 2024. The article says the Chinese government is actively looking for Helium-3, a source of fuel abundant on the moon that may replace oil and gas.
News / Tourism (Good)
16 May 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
A rush to build commercial space hubs
According to this CNN article, "The Federal Aviation Administration
is reviewing proposals from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas to be gateways for private space travel."
is reviewing proposals from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas to be gateways for private space travel." News / Vehicles (Bad)
27 November 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
Rescheduled launch date not set
The SpaceX launch of their rocket, Falcon 1, has been scrubbed. According to CEO of Space Explorations, Elon Musk, "an auxiliary liquid oxygen (
LOX) fill tank had a manual vent valve incorrectly set to vent. The time it took to correct the problem resulted in significant
LOX boiloff and loss of helium, and it was the latter that caused the launch abort."
) fill tank had a manual vent valve incorrectly set to vent. The time it took to correct the problem resulted in significant
LOX boiloff and loss of helium, and it was the latter that caused the launch abort." News / Vehicles (Good)
21 November 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
And at a price that's nice
On 25 November 2005, SpaceX will be launching their rocket, Falcon 1, from an atoll in the Marshall Islands. The payload is a satellite which measures "plasma space phenomena."
News / Vehicles (Good)
12 October 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
Capitalists one; communists two
by Carol Pinchefsky
News / Vehicles (Good)
7 October 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
Retiring in style
According to this CNN article , SpaceShipOne will be enjoying a healthy retirement at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..
will be enjoying a healthy retirement at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. News / Power (Bad)
22 June 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
and lost
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