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  • Taylor Dinerman thinks treaties are next to worthless out in the cold of space. "In the end, America’s freedom to use space will have to be actively defended. Negotiations over space debris or calls for talks or moratoriums merely prolong US vulnerability." I can't disagree with that.
  • Peter C. Klanowski says that the ESA did not try to cover up anything after the explosion of the Ariane 5.
  • Donald A. Beattie argues that there are not resources compelling us to send people back to the Moon. I would argue more space is resource enough.
  • An interview with Michael Cassutt, a sci-fi writer of SG-1, Farscape, and Max Headroom (2 out of 3 ain't
Written on February 28, 2009 | Posted in Space News, Uncategorized | No comment

Information on SpaceShipTwo

Leonard David has an article on the progress of SpaceShipTwo. Here are some things to note: spaceship Whitehorn said more than 100 test flights are scheduled to give spaceliner operations a good shakeout. He estimated the first commercial flights will occur by the end of 2009 and possibly sooner if the planned trial runs prove to be trouble-free. (more...)
Written on February 26, 2009 | Posted in Space Tourism | No comment

NASA Signs Agreement with Virgin Galactic to Buy Seats

According to Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic’s President, NASA and Virgin Galactic reached an agreement with NASA early this morning. In the agreement, NASA will provide “expertise” and Virgin Galactic will sell “[seats] on VG for early astronaut training.”

This is a great step forward for NASA using private space to not only [...]

Written on February 21, 2009 | Posted in NASA | No comment

Video of SpaceShipTwo Unveiling

Michael Belfiore has a video of the unveiling of SpaceShipTwo last month. He also live blogged the event if you haven’t seen it yet.

Written on February 3, 2009 | Posted in New Space, Space Advocacy, Space Journalism, Space Tourism | No comment