Archives for the 'space businesses' Category
One Less Spaceport in Texas
Published on 2 Mar 2007 at 3:45 pm.
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Building a spaceport isn’t easy, as Brazoria County in Texas has figured out. I saw this story at the Personal Spaceflight blog and decided to comment on it.
It is clear that space is no longer only within the reach of big government space programs. More and more private aerospace businesses are being […]
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Spacehab drops lawsuit
Published on 22 Feb 2007 at 12:54 pm.
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Yesterday, I heard a report that Spacehab had decided to drop its lawsuit against NASA. For those that don’t know, after the STS-107 accident in which the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart and burned up during reentry over Texas, Spacehab filed a suit against NASA seeking $87.7 million in damages. At the center […]
2007 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees
Published on 21 Feb 2007 at 3:19 pm.
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The Space Foundation is a private organization dedicated to promoting space exploration and utilization. In keeping with a stated goal of fostering awareness among the public of the usefulness of space exploration, the Space Foundation honors individuals, companies, and technologies that have made strives to take technology originally developed for space exploration and making it […]
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Sea Launch Failure Today
Published on 30 Jan 2007 at 5:47 pm.
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I am a strong proponent of private space ventures. This includes the private companies springing up to launch payloads into space. One such company that I’ve watched with interest for several years is Sea Launch. They have an interesting concept. Rather than building a costly launch facility somewhere on land, and […]
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FAA space passenger travel guidelines
Published on 19 Dec 2006 at 9:36 am.
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Well, according to a published report, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally gotten around to setting rules for passenger space travel. Private space flight has become a reality. For a number of years, private companies have been in the business of launching rockets with unmanned payloads. But generally, people are treated differently than cargo in […]
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Flying your business card into space
Published on 6 Nov 2006 at 2:37 pm.
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Here’s an interesting little news bit that I saw posted over at Ed’s site. It is about Xenotech Research’s new rockets. These rockets will be small rockets designed for suborbital or low Earth orbit payloads — most likely research payloads. One thing that makes these rockets sort of unique is that instead of launching from the ground, […]
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Anousheh Ansari: Astronaut
Published on 26 Aug 2006 at 12:17 pm.
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It was recently announced that the next space tourist will be Anousheh Ansari. I know that some space exploration purists are aghast at the concept of space tourism, but I think that it is a good idea. Getting more private money involved in space will bring the costs down. When air travel […]
