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Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.
How to spur energy storage innovations
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Imagine flying all the way from coast to coast, completely guilt-free, in an airplane that doesn’t emit a single particle of greenhouse gas or air pollutants. That could happen someday, perhaps brought to ...
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2009 |
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SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test ...
Google, other Silicon Valley firms nurture app developers
Dec 03, 2009 |
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They crowd the lobby of Google's Building 43 one evening a month, waiting to climb the wide stairway under a mock-up of the world's first private spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, prepared to delve deep into the Internet giant's ...
Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10 million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd soon be on a rocket ride of his own.
Rockets vie in simulated lunar landing contest
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A privately built rocket vying for NASA prize money lifted off in the Mojave Desert and flew half of a simulated lunar lander mission Wednesday before an engine problem forced its developers to call ...
Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Tourists will be able to journey to outer space via Abu Dhabi as part of a deal by a local investment group to take a stake in the world's first commercial space travel operator, the two companies said on ...
Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hundreds of earthlings turned their faces to the sky Monday to see an airplane built to launch a ship into space, watching the gleaming white craft soar overhead.
US space tourist blasts off to space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Russian capsule carrying U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi sailed into orbit Thursday after blasting off in a roar of fire for the international space station.
CU to show off its 100-mpg car-in-progress at state fair
Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A car that gets 100 miles a gallon may sound far-fetched, but the biggest challenge in designing a high-mileage hybrid vehicle for the $10 million Progressive Automobile X Prize (AXP) competition ...
Cornell team will compete to build 100-mpg car
Jun 09, 2007 |
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Cornell faculty, engineering students and MBA candidates are planning to compete for the Automotive X Prize, which offers a multimillion-dollar award for the team that builds a practical, marketable 100-mpg car.
SpaceDev Awarded Patent For Hybrid Propulsion Technology
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2006 |
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SpaceDev has been issued a United States patent for its hybrid propulsion technology. The U.S. Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,069,717, entitled "Hybrid Propulsion System," to SpaceDev for technology related to fine ...
SpaceShipOne goes on display in Washington
Oct 06, 2005 |
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SpaceShipOne, the first privately built and piloted vehicle to reach space, has gone on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
Next-Generation Space Vehicle Tested in Pacific Ocean Drop
Aug 09, 2005 |
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A new space vehicle to carry crews to the International Space Station moved closer to realization August 3 when Transformational Space Corporation tested its parachute landing system by dropping a replica into the Pacific ...
CAGW: Moon, Mars Missions Not A Priority For Taxpayers
Jun 17, 2005 |
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WASHINGTON, June 16 (SPX) -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today criticized plans to move forward with missions to the moon and Mars with an impending record deficit, chronic management problems at NASA, and unresolved ...
