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07/02/2018

Well said. A historic day.

Mars Society President Robert Zubrin Applauds SpaceX

"Today SpaceX achieved a spectacular and historic success.

Seven years ago, the Augustine commission said that NASA's Moon program had to be cancelled, because the development of the necessary heavy lift booster would take 12 years and 36 billion dollars.

SpaceX has now done that, on its own dime, in half the time and a twentieth of the cost. And not only that, but the launch vehicle is three quarters reusable.

This is a revolution. The naysayers have been completely refuted.

The Moon is now within reach. Mars is now within reach.

The moment is at hand to open the space frontier. America should seize the time.

And to the SpaceX team, let us offer this salute:

You did it. They said it couldn't be done, but you did it. You made it look easy, but we know it wasn't.

You took your knocks. You took your failures. But you fought it through.

Fortune favors the brave. Fortune favors the smart. But most of all, fortune favors the tough.

Talk about the right stuff. You guys are great.

Hats off!"

Dr. Robert Zubrin
President & Founder, The Mars Society

24/01/2018

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Keep an eye out for this blinking ball as it orbits the earth.

Visible from space with the naked eye, the Humanity Star is a highly reflective satellite that blinks brightly across the night sky to create a shared experience for everyone on the planet. Created by Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck, the Humanity Star is a geodesic sphere made from carbon fibr...

09/01/2018

Watch Blue Origin's test dummy experience space tourism

Space Tourism for Dummies...

Watch video from inside Blue Origin's Crew Capsule 2.0 as it goes to space and back in eleven minutes.

04/01/2018

United Launch Alliance Completes Key Milestone for Launch of Boeing’s Starliner and Return of U.S.-based Human Spaceflight

If Boeing can ferry Astronauts to the ISS this will be a game changer.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 4, 2018 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed an Atlas V Launch Segment Design Certification Review (DCR) recently in preparation for the launch of astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil in The Boeing Company’s CS...

03/01/2018

SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad

SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad

One step closer to launch

13/12/2017

Crew Capsule 2.0 First Flight

Blue Origin one step closer to

New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 7 (M7), the mission featured the ne...

30/11/2017

Space tourism will surely be a blast, but can it also improve life on Earth?

I’m from here. I’m from Earth. That’s the profound cultural change I think space tourism is going to push, thinking about humanity in a larger context - Overview effect.

One woman’s experience floating in zero gravity offers a glimpse into how space travel might reshape society.

18/10/2017

Cheaper than a Mumbai apartment, space tourism kicks off next year

Cheaper than a Mumbai apartment, space tourism kicks off next year

Richard Branson has announced flights to the edge of the Earth

26/09/2017

‘Moon Village’ could be a thriving colony of 1,000 by 2050

Moon to replace ISS

Plans for a self-sustaining Moon Village are progressing at a rapid pace, with a 1,000-strong colony possibly up and running by 2050.

24/09/2017

Astronaut tells of more powerful rockets and trips to Mars | Independent on Saturday

Astronaut tells of more powerful rockets and trips to Mars | Independent on Saturday

Dr Don Thomas has completed four shuttle missions, logging more than 1 040 hours in space. Now he's coming to Durban

09/09/2017

Elon Musk Shares a Full Look at SpaceX's Sci-Fi Inspired Spacesuits

Another steps towards your journey to the stars

As part of his ongoing mission to boldly go where no vacation provider has gone before, Elon Musk has taken another step towards making space tourism...

16/08/2017

Russia's controversial 'artificial star' FAILS to work in orbit

Crowdfunded Mayak Satellite fails to light up night sky. Also a good piece crowdfunding space projects.

The team behind the Russian ‘artificial star’ satellite, dubbed Mayak, has revealed its solar reflector failed to unfold in orbit. They say any sightings were likely mistaken observations.

04/08/2017

SpaceX's first crewed NASA launches remain on schedule for 2018

Manned missions to ISS to resume end of 2018

Plenty of work lies ahead of both companies, but progress abounds Amidst a seemingly relaxed July for SpaceX, the company has been working intently with NASA to prepare for its first Commercial Crew mission in as few as seven months. NASA’s combination of strict technical requirements and partial fl...

08/07/2017

Space Race 2.0: How SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and more will take us to the stars

Nice article offering a quick synopsis of some of the players offering Space Tourism

The second-generation Space Race sees tech billionaires battle to find humanity a new home.

13/06/2017

The price of a flight to space

11/06/2017

Crumb-free bread could allow astronauts to eat sandwiches in space

Sambos in space....

The company behind the crumb-free space bread aims to provide fresh bread to astronauts to improve their well being on long-duration missions such as on a moon base or on Mars.

24/05/2017

Jeff Bezos lays out his vision for a lunar settlement for school children

Once in a very blue moon - I went to space

Creating the lost promise of the Apollo missions to the moon using the commercial sector.

22/05/2017

A ride to space may be closer (and less regulated) than you think

Space travel a useful intro for would be participants.

MAY 21, 2017 - In the very near future, if you have the opportunity and the means, you could fly to outer space from right here in Oklahoma.

21/05/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Astrophysics and Space Investing With The Motley Fool

Space Tourism is a realuty: I think there is a marketplace there, muses Neil deGrasse Tyson

A Harvard graduate, with a doctorate from Columbia and a post-doc from Princeton, Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson is a certified smart guy. So when I heard Dr. Tyson

21/05/2017

Professor Brian Cox: Scotland could be at forefront of space tourism industry in 20 years | Press and Journal

Space Tourism is a reality. Professor Brian Cox says so.

It used to be the stuff of science fiction; a realm where refulgent vessels such as the USS Enterprise flew off into distant galaxies and boldly went where no-one had gone before. But now, according to Professor Brian Cox, the prospect of human inter-planetary travel has never been closer and we cou...

18/05/2017

Space Matter: Let's Talk about Blue Origin

You heard about Here's a good intro to the other pioneering New Space Company Blue Origin.

We hear a lot about SpaceX—after all, they’re making splashy headlines with their launches and first-stage rocket landings. In addition, they’re one of two companies (along with Boeing) building crew capsules to eventually ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station for NASA. But th...

16/05/2017

'Space Tourists' Will Wear Special Socks on High-Altitude Balloon Flights

It socks Jim but not as we know it.

Special space socks are designed for the feet of high-altitude balloon tourists.

16/05/2017

Rocket Lab announces the first test flight of the Electron launch vehicle

3D printed rocket engine gets electric turbo boost. Rocketlab

The hopes of Moon Express to win the Google Lunar XPrize rest on a successful test program.

15/05/2017

Interview: Astronaut Mike Massimino looks back at Hubble – and looks ahead to space tourism

Astronaut mike Michael J. Massimino just wants us to all hang out together in space. # international

NEW ORLEANS – It's apparently not enough that Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, a best-selling author and an engineering professor. He's also rari

14/05/2017

Space Mining an Opportunity for Middle East Oil Powers - Analyst - SpaceWatch Middle East

Space Sheikhs...

Middle Eastern oil powers are well-placed to take advantage of the opportunities presented by exploiting space resources such as water and preciois metal, according to an energy industry analyst based in Singapore. According to Bloomberg, Tom James, a partner with Singapore-based commodities and ene...

28/04/2017

The Arab oil states are looking to space resources for new sources of income

Space the final frontier for the oil industry

A new space race is developing with profit rather than science and prestige in mind

21/04/2017

Most Awaited Space Science Missions of 2017

Lots to be excited about.

From launches to moon landings to the "grand finale" of a hard-working spacecraft, here are the most anticipated space science missions of 2017.

14/04/2017

SpaceX doesn't scare Asia's space players

Burgeoning Asian Space Tourism Market

Japan's PD Aerospace and China's Kuang-Chi Science among Asia's homegrown private sector firms offering spaceflight services to civilians.

09/03/2017

Space Tourism and Business Looking Up

With announcements from Blue Origin, SpaceX and NASA in the last week, the Space industry is rocketing ahead.

Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017 - It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASA's Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The

05/03/2017

An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos’s plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human settlement’ of the moon

Free delivery to the moon with an Amazon Prime account coming soon? Bezos ultimate Moorshot.

In a paper prepared for NASA, Bezos says his Blue Origin space company could land a delivery vehicle on the moon by 2020.

04/03/2017

This Woman Spent a Year 'on Mars' as a Psychological Experiment | Broadly

365 days on Mars - find out what life is like on the "Red" planet.

"It can lead you to do some really naughty things."

02/03/2017

Fly me to the Moon. SpaceX take bookings for the ultimate space adventure
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/do-this-on-planet-earth-for-the-same-price-as-elon-musks-spacex-flight-to-the-moon-2017-02-28

20/02/2017

Brit scientists will blast off from UK space ports by 2020 to battle bugs

New British Spaceflight bill to be released next week will allow for creation of space ports. Space tourism to make up around 10 per cent of the industry

BRITISH scientists will be able to blast into space to conduct zero gravity experiments in a bid to find cures for deadly bugs like MRSA and Salmonella, under new powers unveiled this week. Laws al…

16/02/2017

India Sets Record With 104 Satellites In Single Launch - Universe Today

India Sets Record With 104 Satellites In Single Launch http://www.universetoday.com/133431/india-sets-record-104-satellites-single-launch/

With the successful launch of 104 satellites, the Indian National Space Organization has set a new record for the number of satellites deployed in a single mission.

24/01/2017

The Space Review: Review: Explore/Create

Explore/Create Space Tourist Richard Garriott's book is out now and reviewed here.

Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark by Richard Garriott with David Fisher William Morrow, 2017 hardcover, 304 pp., illus. ISBN 978-0-06-228665-9 US$26.99