News tagged with space travel
Gravitational Space Corridors Could Slash Space Travel Costs (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying space travel possibilities have proposed that gravitational space corridors could be used by spacecraft, in much the same way as ships use ocean currents. Taking advantage ...
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 ...
Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers ...
Fluid Dynamics Research to Make Peeing in Space More Comfortable and Sanitary (w/Video)
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering students at UC San Diego are studying the fluid dynamics of water in order to build a more comfortable and sanitary urine collection device for space travel.
NASA faces deadline for tough decisions on shuttle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA is facing a critical deadline to make its biggest decision in a generation: whether to go forward with plans to retire the space shuttle fleet and replace it with a new mode of space travel. ...
The end of the line for space tourism?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2009 |
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A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years.
