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Allen, Rutan plan huge plane to launch spaceships

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 32

Dream is over for Virgin Galactic space tourist

Venture capitalist Alan Walton has trekked to the North Pole, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and skydived over Mount Everest. A hop into space to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness would have been the ultimate ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 23

US space tourist blasts off to space station

(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.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons

The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving "Star Trek" dreams that first interested them in science.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Virgin galactic taps test flight veteran as pilot

From a pool of 500 potential applicants, Virgin Galactic has found their man. The NewSpace firm chose from some of the greatest pilots the world has to offer to work to be a pilot for their company. U.S. Air ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Space tourism craft reaches glide-test milestone (Update)

High over the Mojave Desert, the stubby-winged SpaceShipTwo bent itself into a near-right angle shape and plunged nearly straight downward for more than a minute before unfolding and gliding to a runway landing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 9

Google Lunar X-Prize’s 'college team' gaining steam, attention and support

The Google Lunar X-PRIZE (GLXP) recently announced the 29 official teams that will be vying for the $30 million grand prize. One group in particular stands out amongst the list however – Omega Envoy. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

20 years later, spaceport partners aim to create the next Cape Canaveral

A runway in an otherwise vast, empty stretch of desert in southern New Mexico will soon become the starting point of weekly sightseeing trips to space for anyone who can afford the $200,000 ticket, and with ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane

(AP) -- After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 4

Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal

(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.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How to spur energy storage innovations

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 ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

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 ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Google, other Silicon Valley firms nurture app developers

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 ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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