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- Announcing the Orbital Mission Explorers Club
- First Private Mission to the ISS
- The Overview Institute Established
- In Space, It’s Always Beer O’Clock
- Five Things You Didn't Know: Space Tourism
- A European Space Capsule?
- Space Tourism Options
- Interview with Gregory Olsen
- International Space Development Conference Set for Late May
- Asking the Hard Questions About UK Space Policy
- TDF Hosts Second Space Conference in Italy
- Are Current Space Tourists Actually Tourists?
- Roskosmos to End Space Tourism in 2010
- Space Tourist to Sell Photographs
- Spaceballs: Baseball Comes to the ISS
- 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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Events / General (None)
15 July 2008 by G B Leatherwood
More on the NewSpace 2008 conference
Creating the future, or living in the past? That is the theme of NewSpace2008, the conference being produced by Space Frontier Foundation
(SFF) on July 17-19, 2008 in Crystal City, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.), at The Doubletree Hotel.
(SFF) on July 17-19, 2008 in Crystal City, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.), at The Doubletree Hotel. / Habitat (None)
11 July 2008 by G B Leatherwood
Casino on the moon by 2040, double or nothing
“Nowhere is out of reach, even space!”
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
9 July 2008 by Carol Pinchefsky
Winners get trip to see WhiteKnight2 rollout
On July 28, 2008,
Virgin Galactic will be rolling out WhiteKnight2 in the Mojave desert.
will be rolling out WhiteKnight2 in the Mojave desert. Reports / Tourism (Good)
8 July 2008 by Patrick Collins
A review of the conference
The first symposium on Personal Access to Space held by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) in Arcachon, France, May 28-30, 2008, was a mixture of both the encouraging and the discouraging.
(IAA) in Arcachon, France, May 28-30, 2008, was a mixture of both the encouraging and the discouraging. Announcements / Habitat (Good)
7 July 2008 by
I do. I really do
A diamond may be forever, but a trip to space is out-of-this-world romantic.
News / Vehicles (Good)
4 July 2008 by Alan Breakstone
Announcing Nova 2
Flight International's Rob Coppinger reports that Starchaser is building a new manned rocket.
Events / General (Good)
2 July 2008 by Carol Pinchefsky
NewSpace themes to be discussed
The Space Frontier Foundation is sponsoring a conference entitled NewSpace 2008: Creating the Future or Living in the Past.
is sponsoring a conference entitled NewSpace 2008: Creating the Future or Living in the Past. / General (Good)
13 June 2008 by Carol Pinchefsky
YouTube superstardom and cash prizes await
The Space Frontier Foundation and SpaceContest.org are co-sponsoring the “Space VidVision Contest.” Entrants have until July 8, 2008, to create a video response to the question, “What should the future of American spaceflight be?”
and SpaceContest.org are co-sponsoring the “Space VidVision Contest.” Entrants have until July 8, 2008, to create a video response to the question, “What should the future of American spaceflight be?” News / Vehicles (Good)
12 June 2008 by G B Leatherwood
SpaceShipTwo’s mothership to arrive
“Git’n ‘er done!” must be the operating phrase around the shops at Scaled Composites,
Burt Rutan’s company that successfully built and flew the world’s first private aircraft to the edge of space. This craft, SpaceShipOne, reached the fringe and claimed the Ansari X-Prize while the other competitors watched from the stands or on their TV sets.
,
Burt Rutan’s company that successfully built and flew the world’s first private aircraft to the edge of space. This craft, SpaceShipOne, reached the fringe and claimed the Ansari X-Prize while the other competitors watched from the stands or on their TV sets. / General (Good)
11 June 2008 by Carol Pinchefsky
ISS journey will be a busy one
Although most people who pay $20 million for an adventure vacation might want to relax and unwind during their journey, Richard Garriot, games designer and upcoming traveler to the
International Space Station (
ISS), is not one of them.
(
ISS), is not one of them. 
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