Space Tourism … and Much More
Pacific sunset - Sept. 26, 2009
New Mexico Spaceport Authority Seeks Deputy Director
NMSA PRESS RELEASE
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is accepting applications for a Deputy Director to oversee the daily operations of Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport. This position announcement marks another significant milestone as the historic project transitions from a construction site to an operating spaceport.
The Deputy Director will be responsible for [...]
Wyle to Play Key Role in New FAA Commercial Space Transportation Center
WYLE PRESS RELEASE
Wyle is part of an academic-industry team that has been selected to support a new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation.
The center is a partnership of academia, industry, and government, developed for the purpose of creating a world-class consortium that will address current and future [...]
Space Tourism Insurance Could Be Next Big Growth Area
Space Tourism Sector A Good Opportunity For Insurance Firms
Space Travel
As space tourism matures, it holds tremendous opportunity for insurance companies to offer risk coverage to those on-board, similar to what they do for passengers of airlines, industry officials said.
At an international conference on space business, organised as part of Bengaluru Space Expo 2010, speakers noted [...]
I’ve always wondered what a yellow dwarf star would look like, close up …. but your cheesy 3D computer graphic rendering doesn’t fool me! What did you use? POVray, I bet. Hah. “Sunset” … yeah, right.
A Canon PowerShot, actually. I was standing near a pumpkin patch on a farm overlooking the ocean.
Well, this, and your next set of photos, is driving me crazy, because I won’t be back in California for another couple of weeks, and then only for about 10 days. And it seems like I never get enough of the coast on these trips.