ATK PRESS RELEASE

Data from the second successful five segment Development Motor (DM-2) test conducted by ATK and NASA show that the new motor performed precisely as designed, providing substantially higher performance and reliability than the heritage space shuttle solid rocket booster at a lower cost.

“These extensive test results confirm the ATK five segment Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) is ready for flight testing,” said Charlie Precourt, vice president and general manager of Space Launch Systems, ATK Aerospace Systems.  “The five-segment first stage design was based on more than 30 years of safety-driven improvements on the shuttle program. The result is a higher performing, more reliable solid rocket motor, which equates to increased safety for crew and mission success for cargo.”

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ROSCOMOS PRESS RELEASE

International Space Station will celebrate one more record in its orbital life on November 2, 2010 – 10 years of human space mission. Soyuz TM-31 docked to the station’s Zvezda module on Nov. 2, 2000. Since then, the crews have been constantly working in the orbital outpost.

ISS-1, with station commander William Shepherd, Soyuz commander Yury Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergey Krikalev flew from Baikonur on Oct. 31, and arrived at the station two days later. Their main task was to prepare the ISS for future crew operations.

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A taikonaut emerges from China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft after a successful orbital flight

ROSCOMOS PRESS RELEASE

There was no official proposal from the Chinese party on their partnership in the International Space Station program, Head of Roscosmos Human Spaceflight Directorate, ISS Program Manager Alexey Krasnov stated during the press conference devoted to the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station’s human space mission today, on Nov. 1.

The conference hosted by Bauman Moscow State Technical University was also attended by Roscosmos Press Secretary Alexander Vorobiev, ISS-1 crew member, GCTC Chief Sergey Krikalev, ISS RS Flight Director Vladimir Soloviev, cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA Representative in Russia Patric Buzzard, NASA Human Spaceflight Program Director in Russia Joel Montalbano Moscow office.

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CSF PRESS RELEASE AND FACT SHEET

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation and its member organizations, including five providers of commercial reusable suborbital spaceflight services, supports the kind of scientific inquiry that led to the recent Ross et al. Geophysical Research Letters paper titled, “Potential Climate Impact of Black Carbon Emitted by Rockets.” The commercial spaceflight sector aspires to good environmental stewardship.

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A Virgin Galactic promotional film incorporating footage from the runway dedication at Spaceport America.

In The Space Review this week…. Bigelow still thinks big For over a decade Bigelow Aerospace has been quietly working on inflatable habitat modules for use on commercial space stations. Jeff Foust reports on how, as the company’s profile grows, so do its ambitions. Secrets of the red planet The movie Capricorn One hardly put NASA in a good light, yet the movie uses props like a lunar lander replica. […]

Long Conversation – Pete Worden Announces 100-Year Starship from The Long Now Foundation on Vimeo.

The Space Show schedule for this week… Monday, November 1, 2010, 2-3:30 PM PDT. OPEN LINES. All topics welcome. Questions and comments are welcome using the toll free phone number and short emails. For the time being, chat has been suspended upon request of numerous listeners. Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 7-8:30 PM PDT: Due to the election on Nov. 2, our program for this week has been moved to this […]

International, Legal and Economic Considerations
Chairman: Brad Blair

“Mining Law and Property Rights for Outer Space”
Wayne White, Oceaneering Space Systems

“Economic Incentives and Tax Credits for Space Resource Development”
Eva Jane Lark, BMO Nesbitt Burns

“The ILO as Property Rights Agent”
Steve Durst, International Lunar Observatory Association and Space Age Publishing Company

“3D Metal Printing in Space: Enabling New Markets and Accelerating the Growth of Orbital Infrastructure”
Jason Dunn, Aaron Kemmer, Michael Chen, David Hutchinson and Brad Blair — Made in Space
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Session 6: Space Solar Power and Space Energy Systems
Chair: Dr. Philip K. Chapman

Space Solar Power – Achievable Within a Generation?
John Mankins, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC

Towards an Early Profitable Powersat
Al Globus, San Jose State University Research Foundation

Impact of Lunar Volatiles: New Opportunities for Exploration and Infrastructure Development on the Moon
Edward McCullough, McCullough Innovations & Consulting

Making it Happen
Dr. Philip K. Chapman, Consultant, Energy and Astronautics

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NSS PRESS RELEASE

The National Space Society will hold a press conference Thursday, November 4 at the National Press Club to reveal one of the first initiatives ever undertaken by a non-profit American organization and a former head of state. That initiative pairs India’s eleventh President, Dr. A.P.J. Kalam with America’s National Space Society. Its name? The Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative.

The Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative’s goals? To solve the global energy crisis. To solve the global carbon crisis. And to solve America’s next generation jobs crisis. How? By harvesting solar power in space.

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