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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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Publications / Other (Bad)
15 February 2011 by G B Leatherwood
SFJ corrects an article in The Independent
There are hundreds of operational satellites in orbit above us…as well as thousands of decommissioned satellites and their detritus, known as space junk. To date, 19,000 of these not-so-heavenly bodies are currently being tracked, but it is estimated that over 600,000 pieces over 1-centimeter wide exist.
Publications / Power (Good)
17 December 2008 by G B Leatherwood
Will Obama and co. listen?
Last month, the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) submitted a white paper titled “Space Solar Power ( SSP)—A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change” to the Obama-Biden Transition Project, which was published by the Obama transition team.
Publications / Tourism (Good)
6 September 2006 by Carol Pinchefsky
Business Week article reflects Italian tourism paper
A Business Week article describes what Italian space tourism advocate Dr. Pierluigi Polignano has written about space tourism.
Publications / Tourism (Good)
9 November 2004 by G B Leatherwood
This is no “far-out” scheme
By G.B. Leatherwood
Publications / General (Good)
20 January 2004 by Patrick Collins
Identifies space tourism as important new possibility
The publishers’ blurb says it well:
Publications / Vehicles (None)
2 April 2001 by Peter Wainwright
Statistical-Analytical model now up to version 7
Dietrich Koelle of TransCostSystems has announced the availability of the expanded and updated version 7 of the Transcost Statistical-Analytical model. See below for details of how to receive the report by post:
Publications / Vehicles (None)
29 May 1999 by Peter Wainwright
Exhorts government to 'help either no one, or everyone'.
On May 20th Andrew Beal, CEO of Beal Aerospace, a commercial venture to build a cheap expendable launch vehicle ( ELV) testified to the Senate. This is the transcript of his speech:
Publications / Tourism (None)
11 May 1999 by Patrick Collins
Proceedings of 1997 space tourism workshop in print at last
The team that produced the historic NASA/STA report, General Public Space Travel and Tourism, has now published Volume 2 - Workshop Proceedings, NASA/CP-1999-209146, dated February 1999.
Publications / Tourism (None)
24 June 1998 by Patrick Collins
Initiative to "colonize" space proposed as alternative
Space Tourism was discussed in two places in the May 25 issue of Space News, both positive and negative views being expressed.
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