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 November 2005 by G B Leatherwood
What goes down doesn't have to come up
by G.B. Leatherwood.
News / Vehicles (Good)
21 November 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
And at a price that's nice
On 25 November 2005, SpaceX will be launching their rocket, Falcon 1, from an atoll in the Marshall Islands. The payload is a satellite which measures "plasma space phenomena."
Announcements / Tourism (None)
3 November 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
November 10, London
by Carol Pinchefsky
Events / Vehicles (Good)
25 October 2005 by G B Leatherwood
Military facility to be used by civilians
by G.B. Leatherwood
News / Vehicles (Good)
12 October 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
Capitalists one; communists two
by Carol Pinchefsky
Opinion / Tourism (None)
4 October 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
A comment on the news
by Carol Pinchefsky
News / Vehicles (Good)
7 October 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
Retiring in style
According to this CNN article , SpaceShipOne will be enjoying a healthy retirement at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..
Announcements / Tourism (Good)
28 September 2005 by Carol Pinchefsky
...for the European Space Agency
Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced a science agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA), for a research program to be performed with Greg Olsen, Ph.D. who will visit the International Space Station ( ISS) next month. Under the agreement, Dr. Olsen will act as a test subject for three experiments of ESA's onboard research program.
Media / General (Good)
10 September 2005 by Patrick Collins
Makes case for lunar development
The DVD "Gaia Selene: ...saving the Earth by colonising the Moon" by Screenwriter and Producer Charles Proser makes an unanswerable case that investing in developing space-faring capabilities such as large-scale solar energy and wireless power transmission, helium 3 collection and utilisation, and the use of other non-terrestrial resources including near-Earth asteroids and comets would pay a good return in the longer run.
Events / Vehicles (Good)
9 September 2005 by Alan Breakstone
A showcase of private spaceflight
by Alan Breakstone
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