Archives for the 'space businesses' Category
Inflatable Spacecraft
Published on 13 Jul 2006 at 1:40 pm.
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Filed under space businesses, space exploration.
Yesterday, the Bigelow Aerospace Genesis I spacecraft was launched into orbit using a converted Soviet ICBM (a Dnepr rocket) from the Kosmotras Yasny space launch complex in Russia. This is exciting news, as it marks yet another commercial space venture. More and more private companies are entering space. And, the more private […]
Space Planes
Published on 22 Feb 2006 at 7:21 pm.
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Filed under aeronautics, space businesses.
Here I was, thinking of what to write about next, and I thought that it would be interesting to say something about space planes. Then, I saw this article on Space.com about just that topic! I swear, I thought of it before I read this!
So, what are space planes? The idea has been kicked around […]
Private Moon Missions
Published on 21 Nov 2005 at 8:00 pm.
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Filed under moon, space businesses.
SpaceDev, a private company, has announced that they believe that private industry can launch a manned lunar mission for a fraction of NASA’s estimated cost. Well, Duh. Private industry can almost always do things less expensively, quicker, and often better than the government. The problem is startup cost. Developing the initial […]
