Dateline June 29, 2006: Space News from the Internet
- Boeing launched it first Delta IV
NASA/Military
- Get the best view of the Space Shuttle Discovery, on Saturday July 1st as NASA suggests off-site viewing sites for launch
- SETS-121 Astronaut Crew Arrive at NASA Spaceport
- Boeing launched it first Delta IV from the west coast for the NRO.
- The countdown has begun for STS-121. The are weather issues, though.
- The House rejected the cuts to the VSE.
- STS-121 flight plans. (more...)
Dateline June 16, 2006: Space News from the Internet
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Private Space News
- Alan Boyle is calling the southwest the Space Belt, with Oklahoma's approved spaceport and New Mexico's on the way. I believe I maid a similar comment a while back.
- More on Singapore's Spaceport. And yet more. (more...)
Dateline June 14, 2006: Space News from the Internet
Stephen Hawking says we have to get off this rock. I thought he was against human space exploration. Glad to hear I was wrong. Welcome to the club Stephen.
The FAA has approved the Oklahoma’s spaceport.
“We are the planet’s newest gateway to space,” Bill Khourie, executive director
of the Oklahoma Space Development Authority.
My New Blog
I have a Agile/Scrum/ Software Development blog out, for those of you who are interested in such things.
Scrum in the Army.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most brutal Al Qaeda terrorist in Iraq, is dead.
The Christian in me morns a lost soul who never chose to believe in Jesus,
while the American in me wants to roast marshmallows on his brimstone burning butt.
Back to your regularly scheduled space news.
Why Space Enthusiasts Make Bad Businessmen
I have finally figured it out. First some background. In 1995, the CEO of a company in Texas that had developed some AutoCad program that make a fortune came and spoke at Auburn’s ACM meeting. He said when he started out he hired a bunch of Harvard MBA’s to manage his engineering [...]
