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- Beal Dealt Temporary Legal Setback
- Taiwan invests in Kistler Aerospace
- Amateurs Go Where NASA Does Not Tread
- Australian Commercial Space Activities Bill Passed by Senate
- Controversial Senate bill proposes NASA loan guarantees for chosen RLVs
- Gateway To Space Tourism
- NASA official cites "airline-like operations" as key to space access
- FAA starts study of space traffic control
- Bristol Spaceplanes Scale Model Flies Successfully
- X Prize Trophy Unveiled at National Air & Space Museum
- "Ariane has benefited other countries more than Europe"
- Barclays on board Roton
- Bantam contracts held up
- Pioneer Rocketplane Unveils New Vehicle Design
- 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
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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News / Vehicles (Good)
29 September 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
Success at 73 miles
by Carol Pinchefsky
News / Vehicles (Good)
21 June 2004 by Alan Breakstone
SpaceShipOne Takes Flight
by Alan Breakstone
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.
'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. News / Vehicles (Good)
12 August 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
And a wedding
By Carol Pinchefsky
News / Vehicles (Good)
9 April 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
Starchaser Industries plans for manned test flight
By Carol Pinchefsky
News / Vehicles (Bad)
1 February 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
Space Shuttle Columbia explodes
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas. Columbia, on its twenty-eighth mission, was on its descent after a sixteen-day journey as it broke up. There were no survivors.
News / Vehicles (Good)
17 December 2001 by Alan Breakstone
X-Prize contender reaches 1688.8 meters
By Alan Breakstone
News / Vehicles (Good)
9 October 2001 by Peter Wainwright
Dawn of Civilian Rocket-Powered Aviation
Mojave, October 3, 2001
News / Vehicles (Good)
25 July 2001 by Patrick Collins
Aiming towards in-flight engine restart
The reusable
VTOL rocket developed and first flown in 1999 at the Institute for Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Japan has been upgraded and reflown successfully.
rocket developed and first flown in 1999 at the Institute for Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) in Japan has been upgraded and reflown successfully. News / Vehicles (Ugly)
23 October 2000 by Peter Wainwright
Cites interference by NASA as key reason
Rather than continue to compete against the government, Beal Aerospace has decided to cease operations. What provoked this decision? Well, X-33 was bad enough for the private launch vehicle industry, since no investor wants to put money into a company when the government (in the form of NASA) is seen to be funding a competitor, particularly one the size of Boeing or Lockheed. The 'Space Launch Initiative', which supercedes X-33 without it even flying once, ups the government ante from $1.5bn to a staggering proposed $4bn. It's not hard to see how an investor is likely to react to that.
was bad enough for the private launch vehicle industry, since no investor wants to put money into a company when the government (in the form of NASA) is seen to be funding a competitor, particularly one the size of Boeing or Lockheed. The 'Space Launch Initiative', which supercedes X-33 without it even flying once, ups the government ante from $1.5bn to a staggering proposed $4bn. It's not hard to see how an investor is likely to react to that. 
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