You can listen to Foundation Advocate Dr. David Livingston's radio show
The Space Show
by clicking above. |
| Space: The Free Market Frontier by Edward L. Hudgens – Outer space will languish as an economic vacuum until private enterprise is given its head. Click above to order from Amazon.com. |
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Griffin Speaks Out
for Competition |
Here’s the stuff we’ve been yearning to hear from a NASA Administrator: "…how do we engage that engine of competition more productively, so that it can work on behalf of space business?" Wow. Click here to download the pdf of the speech.
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Facing Delay,
SpaceX Says "Screw it!," Heads to Beach |
Caught behind a delayed launch of the Titan IV, SpaceX has decided to fly the Falcon 1 from Kwajalein Atoll.
http://www.spacex.com/
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t/Space Drops
Some Dummies |
t/Space and Scaled Composites go beyond viewgraphs and do actual testing of real stuff!
Read the article.
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New Generation
at Energia |
Yury Semyonov, MirCorp Chairman and the force behind the flight of Dennis Tito, was replaced by Nikolai Sevastyanov.
themoscowtimes.com
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| Got Vision? |
We thought that the passion to develop huge man-rated boosters was driven by testosterone alone. Cartoonist Wes Oleszewski offers another explanation.
Klydemorris.com |
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New York Times
Discovers NewSpace |
In the New York Times article, "Thrillionaires: The New Space Capitalists," Advocates Charles Lurio and Rick Tumlinson discuss how the new entrepreneurial space race differs from the old government space race.
nytimes.com/
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Space is Big Money
at Box Office |
Unlike many investors so far, Hollywood makes bank on space. (By the way, word is, the Director of Tom Hanks’ IMAX "Magnificent Desolation" will be at RTM VI in Las Vegas.)
detnews.com/
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| Space Frontier Foundation Gets Heavy on Antigravity |
On Americanantigravity.com:
americanantigravity.com
In Space News:
via Space Frontier Foundation
in the Christian Science Monitor:
csmonitor.com/
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| ITAR Continues to Drive Customers From USA |
A search of the Internet failed to turn up even one story in the mainstream press on this subject. Since nobody else seems willing to take this on, there doesn’t seem to be any alternative but doing it ourselves. Stay tuned...there’s a new kid on the block.
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Return to the Moon VI
"Reality Check" |
NewSpace meets NASA. Can they get along and get to the Moon? Come see for yourself. Attendees will meet people in NASA, the private sector and space advocacy who are actually making things happen.
July 21-23 in Las Vegas.
Click here for the Return to the Moon VI home page.
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Rocketplane Opens
the Kimono a Little |
How about a ride on a Lear Jet with a rocket up its tail? "Plans put Rocketplane in competition with several other spaceship developers who are also working toward beginning service in the 2007-2008 time frame."
msnbc.msn.com/
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Florida Announces
Weight Loss Program
for 15 Teachers |
"Florida's Zero-G Experience for Teachers brings science and the excitement of space to K-12 education."
http://fsgc.engr.ucf.edu/
viewnews.asp?nwid=52
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Cosmos 1
Lost in Space? |
As we go to press, there remains a slim ray of hope that Cosmos 1 may be found in space. We agree that this is no failure. You can get the latest info here:
Planetary.org
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50 NewSpace Companies and Organizations
Note: this is an informal list, meaning the only requirement to be here is an active website. If you see an error, or wish to add a company or organization, please inform us by using our Comments page. Ultimately, the power of the marketplace will determine who remains listed. |
| Past Issues of NewSpace News |
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NewSpace News #0 June 1, 2005 – The prototype of NewSpace News, the Space Frontier Foundation's new monthly electronic newsletter. NewSpace News briefly summaries a dozen or so of the more relevant NewSpace stories of the past month and provides links to the original stories. Stories in the prototype include news about PlanetSpace, SpaceX's Falcon 1, a possible Boeing/Lockheed monopoly, Teachers in NewSpace, and Aera Corp, a new and mysterious NewSpace company. |
| The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization of people dedicated to opening the Space Frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible. Our goals include protecting the Earth's fragile biosphere and creating a freer and more prosperous life for each generation by using the unlimited energy and material resources of space. Our purpose is to unleash the power of free enterprise and lead a united humanity permanently into the Solar System. |
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The High Frontier is Gerard K. O'Neill's masterpiece. This new 3rd Edition Includes an introduction by Freeman Dyson.
Click above to order The High Frontier from Amazon.com . |
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