by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
PASO ROBLES, Calif. — A Florida company is looking to revive defunct XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx spaceplane as a drone that would launch small satellites into orbit before gliding back to a runway landing.
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I had only two wishes for Christmas. Can you guess what they were?
A trip to Hawaii? Well, yes. But, that really wasn’t—
Winning a $100 million lottery jackpot? That would have been great, to0. But…any other guesses?
The Eagles winning the Super Bowl? No, I gave up on that waaay before Christmas. I mean, what the hell happened?!
OK. Since you’re way off, I’ll just tell you: My two wishes for Christmas were to see SpaceShipTwo in powered flight and the Lynx making its first runway hop from the Mojave Air and Space Port by the end of the 2012.
Neither of these wishes came true. Which means 2013 –best known thus far as the year not wiped out by the Mayan apocalypse — just got a whole lot better.
Michael Clark conducted a very interesting interview with XCOR CEO Jeff Greason recently.
XCOR CEO Jeff Greason lays out a space settlement for NASA during the National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference in Huntsville, Ala.
With all the focus on festivities at Spaceport America, this video was overlooked. The Air Force’s Everyday Sci-Fi show visits Mojave where blogger Derek Nye gets a tour of XCOR Aerospace and watches Dave Masten launch a Xombie.
SPACE ANGELS NETWORK AEROSPACE VENTURE FORUM
March 30, 2009
Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, CA
Presenting companies include:
- Alaka’i Technologies of Hopkinton, MA
- AVX Aircraft Company of Ft. Worth, TX
- Terrafugia of Woburn, MA
- Virtual Space Entertainment of San Anselmo, CA
- XCor Aerospace of Mojave, CA
XCOR PRESS RELEASE
On Tuesday, December 2, XCOR Aerospace, builder of the 2-seat Lynx rocket-powered suborbital launch vehicle, is introducing its General Sales Agent for ticket sales and will announce a price that is substantially lower than prices quoted by leading competitors.
XCOR will introduce its new partner, a well-known and established travel entrepreneur with extensive experience in high-end adventure travel, who will outline the total Lynx flight experience, from initial screening, to training, and finally, the flight itself.
The Bakersfield Californian interviewed XCOR COO Andrew Nelson and Business Development Manager Rich Pournelle about space tourism. Q. How long do you think it will be before space travel is as accessible as commercial flights are to the population now? A. Nelson: There’s various studies out there. We’ve looked at this one study, called the Futuron study, which said by 2020, there’s an expectation pricing could be down to $50,000, […]
The Antelope Valley Press has an interesting piece on financier and space enthusiast Esther Dyson, who is one of the angel investors backing XCOR Aerospace’s Lynx space tourism vehicle. “This is a very real-world company. It’s not out here making wide-eyed promises,” Dyson told the Press. Dyson, founder of EDventure Holdings, has investments in Space Adventures, Zero-G Corporation, Constellation Services International, Airship Ventures and Icon Aircraft. She also helped to […]