The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) has rescheduled its annual Space Business Plan competition to mid-October. The event is usually held in conjunction with SFF’s annual NewSpace Conference in late July. Tom Olson announced the shift during last week’s International Space Development Conference in La Jolla, Calif. He said the competition will take place somewhere in Silicon Valley. He also announced the following prizes: First Prize: $100,000 (provided by NASA) Second […]
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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discusses the role and capabilities of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems’ Dream Chaser flight vehicle at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. (Credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (NASA PR) — NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden visited the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center on Wednesday, May 22, taking the opportunity to see the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser test vehicle that had arrived at the center a week earlier.
Video Caption: Cheryl McPhillips, the NASA Commercial Crew Program partner manager for Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), discusses the uniqueness of the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft and the milestones SNC plans to meet during the agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.
SpaceShipTwo in powered flight. (Credit: Virgin Galactic)
Space industry safety experts called for more openness in the emerging suborbital space tourism market during a gathering in Montreal over the weekend:
Space-industry watchers expressed concern that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers.
They voiced some concerns during a conference of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, which held three days of meetings in Montreal.
DLR Chairman Johann Dietrich Woener
By Johann Dietrich Woerner
Chairman, DLR
Some time ago, in this blog, I wrote about a heated debate concerning a ‘cold potato’; back then, I discussed the relationship between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU). Germany does not support the current efforts to integrate ESA into the EU. We consider an intergovernmental European Space Agency to be necessary for a sustainable way of working. Time has passed, and the ‘cold potato’ has become a ‘dead horse’. It has been clear for some time that this integration is not only illogical, but also unworkable.
This week on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston…. 1. Monday, May 27, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): No show today for the Memorial Day holiday. 2. Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2013, 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): MICHELLE EVANS returns to discuss her new book, “The X-15 Rocket Plane. For more information, see www.amazon.com/The-X-15-Rocket-Plane-Outward/dp/0803228406/ref=onegiantlea20. 3. Friday, May 31: , 2013, […]
Abbotsford (British Columbia), May 24, 2013 (AIAC PR) – Today Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) President and CEO Jim Quick was proud to join the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification (WD), as she announced federal funding for a two-year, multi-faceted project that will support Western Canadian aerospace companies as they develop their supply chains and compete in global markets.
Reston, Va. (AIAA PR) – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) endorses California Senate Bill 19, “The Space Flight Sales Tax Exemption Act.” The bill, sponsored by Sen. Steve Knight (Rep. – 21st Dist.), would give sales and use tax exemptions to equipment and materials used to construct facilities designed to launch and operate space vehicles. AIAA President Mike Griffin stated: “With threats growing daily to the vibrant […]
FMARS (Credit: Mars Society)
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (Mars Society PR) — The Mars Society announced today that it is initiating an effort to conduct a one-year simulated human Mars exploration mission in the Canadian high Arctic at its Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS).
Situated at 75 degrees north, roughly 900 miles from the North Pole, FMARS is located adjacent to a 20 kilometer meteor impact crater in the midst of a polar desert that is known to represent one of the most Mars-like environments on Earth.
Ottawa, Ontario, May 23, 2013 (AIAC PR) – In a speech given at an Aéro Montréal event today, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, reiterated the government’s ongoing commitment to Canada’s aerospace industry. In particular, he highlighted several key measures included in Economic Action Plan 2013 that support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including steps the government has taken to implement the recommendations made by the Honourable David Emerson, Head of the Aerospace Review, in the report that Mr. Emerson presented to the government in November 2012.