Company Wants Settlers on Mars
Associated Press
All companies set goals, but newly formed 4Frontiers is eyeing some expansive horizons. The company’s mission: to open a small human settlement on Mars within 20 years or so.
Video of some of the Spaceport America festivities.
An Astronaut Goes From Walking on the Moon to Painting It
The New York Times
It has been nearly 40 years since Alan L. Bean walked on the moon as an Apollo astronaut, but he still wrestles with the experience every day, trying to recapture what he and other astronauts saw and felt in the medium of paint.
Altair
Lessons for the Future of Human Space Flight
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.
Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science
21 June 2009
As we contemplate the future of the Nation’s human space flight program at this critical juncture, I would like share my own thoughts with the Committee based on almost 40 years of experience working in the space program–from JPL scientist in 1968 to NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Science in 1993-1998, to continuing passionate advocate ever since. I think there are eight high-level lessons learned from past experience.
NASA's Ares I rocket lifts off in this artist's conception. (Credit: NASA)
Economic Recovery May be in the Stars, Aerospace Experts Say
Kansas City Infozine
Space experts fear that, 40 years after putting a man on the moon, the United States is now at risk of losing the modern space race, which could crush the country’s chances of becoming the global leader in commercial space development.
Heavyweights of both the aerospace industry and government agencies that regulate it spoke about commercial possibilities beyond Earth, as well as the consequences of falling behind in such pursuits, at a panel discussion Thursday. It was held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Hyatt Regency Washington hotel.
PRESS RELEASE
Government and industry team to look at opportunities in, and barriers to, innovation and growth in the UK Space sector
The future challenges and opportunities for the UK Space industry will be assessed by a new expert group charged with producing a report for Government, Science Minister Lord Drayson announced today.
Space Investment Summit 7
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
8:15 am – 6:30 pm
Hynes Convention Center
www.massconvention.com/
Boston, Massachusetts
Space Investment Summit 7 (SIS-7) will continue the series of forums hosting entrepreneurs and investors in a frank dialogue about the best investment opportunities in new space-related ventures. The summit also features presentation of a limited number of pre-qualified space-related business plans from reputable entrepreneurs to an audience of leading seed and early stage investors. The summit series helps investors gain knowledge that might guide future investment decisions, and helps entrepreneurs gain from an increased investor interest in their efforts and development of new opportunities for partnership.
Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has drawn in Draper Fisher Jurvetson to lead a $60 million round in rocket startup Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, according to peHUB.
NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World
Opening: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Location: NASM, Gallery 211
Forty years ago, the Moon received its first human visitors. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle landed, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. To celebrate this 40th anniversary, this exhibition presents a view of the Apollo journeys through the eyes of the first artist to visit another world.
Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the Moon during Apollo 12 in 1969. After 18 years as an astronaut, he resigned from NASA in 1981 to dedicate his life to the art of painting his memories of Apollo.
Skies not the limit for Canadian space elevator proponent
Canwest News Service
It’s no stairway to heaven – more like an elevator to the stars.
A Canadian technology company has a futuristic idea: a free-standing elevator that stops 20 kilometres above the Earth, is capable of launching satellites into space and could be used for communications networks around the world.
PRESS RELEASE
4Frontiers Corporation, a NewSpace technology, entertainment & education company, is pleased to announce that it is spearheading this summer’s expedition to the Mars Society’s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic.
This DIRECT launch architecture is an alternative to NASA’s Ares effort.