How A Couple Of Guys Are Building A Homemade Rocket Ship for the Masses
• popsci.comInside Copenhagen Suborbitals, the most powerful amateur rocket project ever flown
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SpaceShipTwo Makes First (Glide) Flight With Rocket Engine
• Wired.comSpaceShipTwo has made its first flight with its rocket, a significant milestone even if the engine didn’t actually fire.
SpaceShipTwo Makes First (Glide) Flight With Rocket Engine
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurSpaceShipTwo has made its first flight with its rocket, a significant milestone even if the engine didn’t actually fire.
Dec. 21, 2012: Fearful ‘end of world’ callers flood NASA
• Prison PlanetIf there’s one government agency really looking forward to Dec. 22, it’s NASA.
A New Earth? Potentially habitable planet discovered orbiting nearby star similar to our sun
• RT.comAstronomers have discovered that the closest Sun-like star, Tau Ceti, is orbited by five planets, one of which is in the “habitable range”.
Asterank 3D: A Visual Guide To Getting Rich In Space
• http://www.popsci.com, By Emily ElertThose big chunks of bare rock hurtling around the asteroid belt? They might be worth something. An interactive roadmap shows how to cash in.
Private Spaceship Builders Split $30 Million in NASA Funds
• http://www.space.com, StaffNASA has awarded $30 million to help three private companies ensure that their astronaut taxis are safe and reliable, agency officials announced today (Dec. 10).
Take A Virtual Trip To The Moon With Patrick Moore's Handy Guide
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rose PastoreThe eccentric, monocle-wearing astronomer died Sunday at the age of 89. Celebrate Moore's contributions to science by checking out his 1957 guidebook to the moon.
BigPic: A Frost-Covered Mountain Range On Pockmarked Mars
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleESA's Mars Express orbiter snaps some 3-D images.
Here's What We Know About The Secretive X-37B Space Plane Launching On Tuesday
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Leonard DavidThe secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B robotic space plane has been cleared to lift off Tuesday (Dec. 11).
Space-Tourism Company Is Selling Trips To The Moon For $750 Million Each
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherSo start saving now.
A Forgotten Pioneer of Mars Resource Utilization (1962-1963)
• http://www.wired.com, By David S. F. PortreeMost early Mars expedition plans made little mention of potential martian resources. Apart from using the martian atmosphere to slow the crew lander for landing, Mars spacecraft generally depended little on materials or conditions peculiar to the pla
Singularity University - The Sky is Not the Limit
•Be prepared to learn how the growth of exponential and disruptive technologies will impact your industry, your company, your career, and your life...Bob Metcalfe (Founder of 3Com, Co-Inventor of the Ethernet)
It’s been 40 years since the last lunar mission. How long to the next one?
• blog.chron.comIt’s been 40 years since Apollo 17, commanded by Gene Cernan, blasted into space. The mission marked the last time humans set foot on a moon.
NASA Will Build Another Curiosity Mars Rover
• aviationweek.comNASA space-science managers and the scientists they serve want to use the newly announced Curiosity 2.0 rover to collect samples for eventual analysis on Earth.
Xombie 750m Mars EDL Divert Trajectory (Totally Reusable Rocket Ship)
Ernest HancockNO MORE WAITING - 25th Century???... how about a little Buck Rogers RIGHT NOT LATER! (VTOL Rocket)
Golden Spike Company Unveils Plans to Fly Commercial Crews to the Moon
• Wired.comA private enterprise named the Golden Spike Company announced today that they have plans to fly manned crews to the moon and back for a price of $1.5 billion per flight by 2020.
Social Robot Designed To Befriend Lonely Astronauts
• popsci.comJoining NASA's Robonaut, JAXA's Kibo robot will serve as a robot companion to Japan's ISS resident, attempting to relieve the stress of long term space living.
SpaceX gets its first military contract
• arstechnica.comWill send up a satellite mothballed during the Bush Administration
Beautiful 'Black Marble' Views Show Earth At Night Like Never Before
• popsci.comAliens looking at our planet from a close distance could detect Earth's life in lots of ways, from the methane in our atmosphere to the reflectance of all the green plants.
NASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission
• Business InsiderIt's been far too long since we've checked in with our friend David Cenciotti at The Aviationist and we're never disappointed with what his readers send his way.
Confirmed: British singer Brightman to blast off to space
• RT.comThe Space Adventures agency has confirmed that Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency and secured herself a space trip in 2015.
Exploring Martian Caves
• arcleinThe space agency's next steps at Mars are geared toward mounting a sample-return mission, which is widely viewed as the best way to look for signs of Red Planet life. Such signs are perhaps more likely to be found in material pulled from the subsurf
Voyager Tastes Magnetic Highway
• arclein, unanticipated region of space near the edge of the solar system--a "magnetic highway" where charged particles take the "exit ramp" to interstellar space.
Mars Rover Finds Puzzling Organic Traces in First Soil Sample
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Maggie McKeeCuriosity sees tantalizing hints of compounds needed for life, but further analysis is needed to make sure it’s not contamination from Earth.
3D Printer Could Transform Moon Dirt Into Lunar Base
• http://www.space.com, Megan GannonFor space scientists dreaming up a manned base on the moon, 3D printing with lunar dust looms as an attractive possibility.
Orbital Sciences Replaces SpaceX on Stratolaunch Project
• http://www.space.com, Space NewsAfter the exit of launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Corp. as its rocket subcontractor, Stratolaunch Systems has turned to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to keep the world's largest air-launch-to-orbit system on
Will a Secret Private Manned Mission to the Moon Be Announced This Week?
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannInternet rumors have been swirling for several weeks of a secret venture backed by private entrepreneurs that would return people to the moon’s surface. It seems that the veil will finally be lifted this week, during a press conference in Washington,
Balloon Test Shows Space Tourism on the Horizon
• space.comNot all space tourism is rocket science.
NASA’s Giant New Rocket Goes Supersonic (In a Wind Tunnel)
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurNASA has a big new rocket in the works, one designed to carry astronauts beyond earth orbit for the first time since the Saturn V took us to the moon.
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