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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27 September 2010 by G B Leatherwood
Thanks to five Soyuz's a year
In a press release dated 9/27/10, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos announced its plans to allow two space tourists to ride its Soyuz craft along with a professional cosmonaut as pilot. “Such a proposal is under consideration of Roscosmos and the American Space Adventures (company)” said Alexei Krasnov, head of Roscosmos’ manned flights department. “There are also detailed offers which we will study in Washington at a meeting of space agencies’ heads,” he said.
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16 September 2010 by G B Leatherwood
Built by 2015
There’s only one way to get from Earth to the International Space Station ( ISS): First, you have to pay about $30 million for a seat on a Russian Soyuz. Then, you spend six months learning both Russian and other necessary skills to handle yourself in weightlessness and during possible emergencies. Only then can you join the elite seven civilians who have made the trip to date.
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4 June 2010 by Carol Pinchefsky
Other launches to follow
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket today from Cape Canaveral and reached Earth orbit, according to an article in Business Week.
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28 May 2010 by G B Leatherwood
...To bolster the UK space industry
We all know by now that Britain has survived another election and another change of names and faces, most of them not at all familiar to us here in the colonies. Quite often, when the administration changes, so do many of the programs, policies, and priorities the previous administration tried so hard to implement. Sometimes that’s a good thing, like cancelling the over-budget, behind schedule, and outdated Constellation project begun during the Bush administration, but sometimes good programs are halted or just don’t have the support they need.
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8 May 2010 by Carol Pinchefsky
Using laser tractor beams to clear LEO
Here on Earth, the problem of trash has become an eco-minded opportunity for recycling and reuse. But in space, trash is nothing but a problem. Debris in low Earth orbit ( LEO), such as rocket slag and defunct satellites, are becoming a congestion hazard.
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22 April 2010 by G B Leatherwood
The Indy 500 of the Sky
Look up, Indy 500 fans. The next great race may be in the clouds.
Column / Vehicles (Good)
14 April 2010 by Carol Pinchefsky
And why it's good news
Although it seems counter-intuitive, President Obama’s cancellation of Constellation will most likely speed up the return to the Moon.
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6 April 2010 by Carol Pinchefsky
Three seats for for tourists
Energiya, the go-to manufacturer for the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), is planning to build a six-person craft, which will have room for three space tourists.
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30 March 2010 by Carol Pinchefsky
(And it's not the S train)
New York City is home of the Empire State Building, the New York Yankees, Central Park, and the office of the Space Future Journal. And if Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressperson Jerrold Nadler have their way, New York will have a new bullet point on the list of local destinations: a space shuttle.
Opinion / Vehicles (None)
7 March 2010 by Peter Wainwright
The development of commercial spaceplanes has been delayed for 30 years. But that's about to change.
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