Dateline August 31, 2006, Space News from the Internet
- If you want to know why I quick the Planetary Society, Dr. Friedman gives a good summary. Mark Whittington has a good reply.
- The FAA has approved Jeff Bezos' plans for a suborbital launch operation in West Texas. This would be the first private spaceport.
Dateline August 28, 2006, Space News from the Internet
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Anousheh Ansari, has been named to the Soyuz TMA-9 primary crew in September. - NASA is going to announce the winner of the CEV contract on Thursday, August 31st.
- Mars has the highest clouds in the solar system.
- STS-115 has been postponed due to the hurricane. It is being rolled back into a shelter.
- Pluto has demoted to a dwarf-planet. It is a dark day in the solar system. I think the IAU's definition is pretty muddy. I may write about it later. (more...)
Rocketplane/Kistler Press Release on COTS Win
Here is the press release on Rocketplane/Kistler after the announcement today that they and SpaceX are the two finalists for the COTS program.
COTS Winners Announced
And the winners are Rocketplane Kistler and SpaceX.
Kislter’s website is here (not sure how new it is).
[upate: Cots Watch has a running Q&A transcript.
Here is some snipets:
How is the money allocated? And does this mean you will purchase from both or just one? No one is gauranteed a purchase out of this since the [...]
An Interview with Dr. William Schneider, Developer of the TransHab Architecture
Dr. William Schneider
Dr. William Schneider joined NASA in 1962 and went on to work as an Aerospace Engineer working on flight components for Apollo. He moved through different divisions at JSC until he was made Senior Engineer for Space Systems and Assistant Director for Engineering. In 1997 he created the basic architecture for the Transit [...]
New Photos from Genesis I
Bigelow has released two new photos. Enjoy.
Dateline August 2, 2006, Space News from the Internet
Kazakhstan has banded the launch of Dpner rockets after the crash.
Atlantis is heading for the launch pad.
Take a look at the Devon Island Mars cams.
Japan wants a moon base by 2030.
How should life on Mars be reported?
More on space tourism.
The Post continues to show their brilliance (that’s sarcasm, by the way).
Status of the Rocket Racing [...]
See Genesis I in the Sky
Here is how to see the Bigelow Aerospace Genesis I in the sky (with or without binoculars).
