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" to the 2009 revision.
7 December 2008
"What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace" is now the top entry on Space Future's Key Documents list.
30 November 2008
Added Lynx to the Vehicle Designs page.
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Announcements / Tourism (Good)
18 May 2004 by Alan Breakstone
Opening the space frontier to people worldwide
Arlington, Va. -- May 18, 2004 --Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today it has begun working with Dentsu, the world's largest advertising agency, to send a prominent Japanese figure to the International Space Station ( ISS) within the next several years.
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
13 May 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
Third successful test flight
Press Release
News / General (Good)
12 May 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
A news roundup
The X-Prize has been renamed the Ansari X-Prize after two Iranians, Anousheh and Amir Ansari, contributed an unspecified—but probably spectacular—sum to the X-Prize Foundation.
/ Vehicles (None)
20 April 2004 by G B Leatherwood
SpaceFuture speaks with Joe Latrell
By G.B. Leatherwood
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
20 April 2004 by G B Leatherwood
The teddy bears survive!
by G.B. Leatherwood
Reports / Tourism (None)
12 April 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
Tourism gives commercial space a future
by Derek Webber
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
7 April 2004 by Sam Coniglio
Scaled Composites allowed to conduct sub-orbital flights
Announcements / Tourism (Good)
30 March 2004 by Sam Coniglio
Businessman, scientist Dr. Greg Olsen to inspire students
Space Adventures announced that American Dr. Greg Olsen, scientist and founder of CEO of Sensors Unlimited, Inc., will become the third private space explorer. Following in the footsteps of Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth, Dr. Olsen hopes to inspire children to learn science and engineering with his work on the International Space Station ( ISS). His flight represents the first of the four exclusive flight opportunities that Space Adventures acquired in 2003 through their contract with the Russian Space Agency and RSC Energia.
News / Vehicles (Good)
19 March 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
What we can deduce
It looks like Burt Rutan's next planned flight test of his SpaceShipOne will include firing the rocket motor again. This may turn out to be quite ambitious compared to the first in-flight firing late last year.
Announcements / Tourism (None)
8 March 2004 by Patrick Collins
Promotes passenger space travel
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the US House of Representatives approved legislation which is designed to promote the development of the emerging commercial human space flight industry.
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