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NewSpace
News: Issue #56
White
House Backs Commercial Rockets
The Obama Administration has allocated $6
billion to begin funding private launch
companies to ferry astronauts into space.
Bigelow
Has Major Plans
A recent interview with Robert Bigelow of
Bigelow Aerospace has unveiled major plans to
launch their inflatable modules in 2014, and
begin crewed missions in 2015.
Space
Adventures Shoots for the Moon
Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson discusses
future plans for his company, including a
human mission around the moon.
Falcon
9 One Step Closer to Launch
All tests have been completed, final
integration has commenced, and a March 2010
launch window is being looked at.
Europe
looking at SBSP
EADS Astrium is seeking partners to build and
fly a demonstration Space Based Solar Power
mission in orbit.
When
Will The Taurus Fly?
Orbital Sciences Corp. gives an update on the
Taurus II Rocket Development, including when
they are expecting it to fly.
Space
Wars: Establishment vs. Upstart
Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration
Technologies in Hawthorne, CA slams the
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Report for
not having their facts straight in their
recent report.
Sizing
Up the Private Race to Space
A quick snapshot of who is doing what and how
far along they are in the commercial space
industry.
Jules
Verne Was (Almost) Right
John Hunter, a former physicist at Livermore
National Laboratory, has developed a way for
a cannon to launch cargo to the International
Space Station for 5% of the cost to launch it
there.
Oklahoma
Spaceport Looking for Spaceships
Burns Flat, Oklahoma is home to a giant
runway which is perfect for spaceships, if
they only had any.
Take
an Elevator to Space
Dr. Brad Edwards, CEO of Black Line Ascension
LLC, answered many questions in a recent
interview on the status of the Space
Elevator, including technology, policy, and
funding.
The
Glove That Shatters Conventional Thinking
When Peter Homer, CEO of Flagsuit LLC won the
NASA Centennial Challenges glove competition,
it turned heads. Now that he has won it
twice, it is turning conventional thinking on
how to build a space glove, as well as space
suits.
A
Rocket By Any Other Name
Rockets built by government, or rockets built
by the private sector - just what is the
difference, and why does it matter?
Space
Frontier Foundation Applauds NASA's Bold New
Direction
The White House is charting a new course that
will help the US
establish a vibrant NewSpace industry and
eventually enable human settlements on the Moon,
Mars and beyond.
Take
Back Space 2010
The Space Frontier Foundation will lead
citizen advocates to Capitol Hill on Feb
7-12 to advocate for policies that advance a
free and open space frontier. Register for
Free Now!
The
Public Face of Space
The International Space University's
symposium, Feb 16-18, will address space
education and outreach in a very broad way.
Space Investment
Summit 8
SIS-8, May 26 in Chicago, will offer
exclusive dialogue sessions with prominent
investment leaders and an entrepreneurial
showcase of pre-qualified space-related
business plans.
The
Space Show Highlights
Taylor Dinerman, Jeff Greason, and Chris
Carberry discuss NewSpace with Dr. David
Livingston on The Space Show.
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