Monthly Archive for August, 2007Page 2 of 9

The fragility and resilience of NASA

Despite numerous challenges and problems, NASA has proven resilent over the years. Eric R. Hedman analyzes why for The Space Review.
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The state of the RLV industry, 2007 (part two)

The second part of Taylor Dinerman’s review of the RLV industry at The Space Review.
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Microgravity Enterprises and the California Space Authority Sign MOU

Microgravity Enterprises, Inc. (MEI) and the California Space Authority (CSA) today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help provide access to space for educational payloads for California students grades K-12.
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Bangalore to host Asia-Pacific Space Agency meeting

Indian Space Research Organisation will be hosting the 14th Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum meeting (APRSAF-14) here in November.
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NASA Solicits Input for Commercial Space Transportation Services

On Tuesday NASA issued a Request for Information soliciting ideas and feedback to help shape the plan to procure safe, cost effective, and reliable logistics services to the International Space Station and other payload launch services.
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Tickets to space available; flights will begin in 2009

If you have $200,000 to spare, you to can take a trip into space beginning in 2009.
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62 Mile Club Plans Events in August, October

The 62 Mile Club is producing a teleconference on August 15 with Space Tourism Society founder John Spencer and a live event in Bel Air on October 4th to mark the 50th annivesary of Sputnik.
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Red Planet? Group to Simulate Trip to Mars

Six volunteers will spend nearly 18 months sealed in a Russian habitat to simulate conditions of a voyage to Mars.
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Awarded $975 Million Contract Extension for Space Shuttle Main Engin

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. company, has signed a $975 million contract extension with NASA to continue maintaining the space shuttle main engines through 2010.
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NASA nuke-bot to tackle space boulders of doom

NASA plans to deal with killer comets or asteroids on collision courses with Earth are more advanced than many analysts had thought.
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