Base station on moon is the next dream: ISRO chief
The Hindu
The Indian space mission’s next dream is to set up a base station on the moon so that space vehicles for onward journey to the Mars can be assembled and launched from there, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, has said.
More cool space stuff from the folks here in Mountain View, The Telegraph reports:
Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets.
Well, it was a quiet day in space and a beautiful one here in the Sillyphone Valley, so I took the day off and went sightseeing with my new digital camera. First, I headed north to the Golden Gate:
And then….
The Government Accountability Office has released a document that explains why it denied PlanetSpace’s appeal of NASA’s decision to award commercial launch contracts to SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corporation.
Virgin Galactic client Wilson da Silva discusses his biggest fears about flying as a space tourist aboard SpaceShipTwo: throwing up and getting blown up.
Star Trek fans can include personal messages of tribute for an upcoming flight that will send the ashes of Gene Roddenberry and his wife Majel into space.
Artist's conception of OSC's Taurus II rocket at Wallops Island.
Tour offers peek at ‘exciting time’ ahead for spaceport: 2010 Taurus mission will bring $50K in infrastructure
Delmarvanow.com
Billie Reed, executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, led the two-hour bus tour of NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the spaceport for about 50 guests, including state and local officials.
“It’s an exciting time. Things are, as they say, really beginning to take off,” Reed told the crowd.
Virgin Galactic President Will Whitehorn speaks about space tourism and the future of travel
WhiteKnightTwo carries SpaceShipTwo aloft in this artist's conception (credit: Virgin Galactic)
She’s accused of trying to shoot her maid and now she’s heading into space…welcome to Victoria Principal’s bizarre world
Daily Mail
This week she was accused of trying to shoot her maid for walking the dog too slowly. Now Victoria Principal’s going to be blasted into orbit – and insists her space suit must match her eyes. Oh, and she wants THAT pooch to come along for the ride.
Artist Impression of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipOne over Spaceport America in New Mexico.
SPACEPORT AMERICA PRESS RELEASE
Officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have scheduled a formal groundbreaking ceremony of Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, for Friday, June 19. Event organizers plan on inviting key dignitaries and officials, and will announce additional details on planned events shortly.
Space shuttle commander Mark Polansky
NASA PRESS RELEASE
NASA astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station in June, is sharing updates about his training and flight on Twitter. He invites followers to submit video questions via YouTube that he will answer from orbit.
The Science Prize: Innovation or Stealth Advertising?
The Wall Street Journal
Are we impatient with NASA? Google offers $30 million in prizes for a better lunar lander. Do we like solving practical puzzles? InnoCentive Inc. has posted hundreds of lucrative research contests, offering cash prizes up to $1 million for problems in industrial chemistry, remote sensing, plant genetics and dozens of other technical disciplines. Perhaps we crave guilt-free fried chicken. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals offers a $1 million prize for the first to create test-tube poultry tissue that can be safely served for dinner.
