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Wired
October 23, 2007
Vince Beiser |
Hotel Biz Zillionaire's Next Venture? Inflatable Space Pods. The super-rich owner of the Budget Suites hotel chain, Robert T. Bigelow, has plans to build his own space station.   |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
The 'New Space' Race: Handicapping the Billionaire Rocketeers Fueled by interest in space tourism, as well as NASA contracts to replace the shuttle in 2010, the private "New Space" industry is finally looking like the real thing. |
AskMen.com
May 29, 2008
Jacob Franek |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Space Tourism Here are a few things you probably didn't know, but may want to remember, if you're interested in space tourism. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2001
Amy Standen |
My own private space station Robert Bigelow has his funding priorities straight: Orbiting cruise ships and paranormal research... |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Michael Belfiore |
7 International Spacecraft that Could Replace NASA's Shuttle NASA's Orion won't be ready until at least 2015, but the current space shuttle is due to retire next year. Meet the seven international spacecraft from the world's space fleet that could inherit the job of ferrying supplies into space. |
Popular Mechanics
July 29, 2008
Rand Simberg |
The Uncertain Future of the International Space Station: Analysis The International Space Station isn't scheduled to be completed for two more years, but a growing chorus of engineers and executives is already brainstorming about what to do with the ISS after its life span ends in 2015. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
David Noland |
Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back -- and Stay This Time From ensuring a safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's an inside look at some of the toughest challenges NASA's engineers are now confronting with the new Orion shuttle. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
James Oberg |
Internal NASA Documents Give Clues to Scary Soyuz Return Flight Engineers are attempting to reconstruct the 19 April Soyuz descent from the ISS. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005
John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson |
It's Not All Bad News When It Comes to the Health of the U.S. Space Industrial Base The health and welfare of the companies that produce spacecraft, payloads, rockets and ground stations for everyone from NASA to intelligence agencies has been the source of much hand-wringing during the past few years. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
William Stone |
Mining the Moon How the extraction of lunar hydrogen or ice could fuel humanity's expansion into space |
IndustryWeek
September 14, 2011 |
Cost in Space NASA is encouraging U.S. companies to create vessels capable of transporting cargo on the 'final frontier.' |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Inflatable mushroom gives spacecraft a gentle landing As a space vehicle enters the atmosphere of a planet it needs to slow down to reduce the impact upon landing and to reduce the temperatures on the surface of the craft. The latest idea is for the vehicle to carry an inflatable heat-proof shield. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2011
Brian Stoffel |
Space Travel, Anyone? This could be the future of the aerospace industry. |
Popular Mechanics
April 1, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Jules Verne Shuttle Replacement Is Giant Leap for A.I: First Look A look of the first of seven probable Automated Transfer Vehicles built to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2007
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Future of the Space Business: How Private Rocketeers Got Real To achieve liftoff at this watershed moment when they could begin to usurp NASA's stranglehold on space, billionaires rely on the propulsive power of profit in an industry based on competition and smarts. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
John McHale |
Manned Space Missions, International Space Station, Get Increases in 2008 NASA Budget Request Officials at NASA are looking for increased funding for the International Space Station, manned space systems and other programs that fulfill President Bush's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the decade. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2005
Davin Coburn |
The Future of Flight? Lockheed Martin unveils its proposed space shuttle replacement. |
Popular Mechanics
May 12, 2008
Michael Milstein |
NASA Makes Space U-Turn, Opening Arms to Private Industry The agency seems to be shifting course, as NASA officials insist that the budding commercial spacecraft fleet represents the only way the United States can realize its dreams of solar-system conquest on schedule and at an affordable cost. |
Outside
December 2006
Michael Behar |
The Zero-G Spot Michael Behar has a simple fantasy: to be the first man on the planet to join the 100-mile-high club. But as he discovers in his hot pursuit of the big bang, he's hardly alone. In fact, cosmic copulation has become the hottest craze since the Kama Sutra. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Michael Belfiore |
Human Space Flight Needn't Rely on NASA: Guest Analysis Is Obama's just-released NASA budget the "death march for the future of U.S. human space flight," as Senator Richard Shelby proclaims on his website today? Or is it in fact a new beginning for the space agency? |
Geotimes
July 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Discovery Returns to Flight The space shuttle Discovery and its seven member crew lifted off, successfully returning NASA to flight after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. The launch follows a 13-day delay after a faulty fuel sensor halted the first launch attempt during countdown. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Tom Jones |
Launching NASA on a Path to Nowhere: Analysis The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA's human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space. |
Popular Mechanics
September 14, 2009
Rand Simberg |
Launch System Skepticism Grows at Space 2009: Guest Analysis This week, at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics annual meeting on space in Pasadena, Calif., several technical papers have more to say on the subject of getting back to the moon with existing launch systems. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Paul M. Barrett |
NASA: Lost in Space After 30 years, the Shuttle program will end. How do you outsource the astronaut business? |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2013
Stephen Cass |
App Watch: The Final Frontier -- on Your Phone NASA brings its missions to the smallest screen |
Popular Mechanics
September 9, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking. |
Popular Mechanics
October 23, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Surprise Passages From the Full Augustine Report There are significant vulnerabilities outlined in the report on our current space programs. |
Popular Mechanics
November 15, 2007
Thomas D. Jones |
High-Wire DIY Can Save the Space Station: Resident Astronaut The space station is giving us a graduate-level course in how people and machines can survive in space for the long term. |
Popular Mechanics
November 20, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
For 10th Anniversary, 10 Headaches and Near-Mishaps on the International Space Station It's not the fault of any single mishap, but today is the space station's 10th birthday and it's still not fully assembled. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Peter Alpern |
NASA Tool Could Cross Over to Manufacturing HyperSizer analysis optimizes design architectures, predicts performance of composite materials. |
National Defense
July 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Taking Out the Trash: What Can Be Done About Space Debris? What goes up doesn't necessarily come down when it comes to manmade objects orbiting the planet. |
Popular Mechanics
May 26, 2009
Joe P. Hasler |
Is America's Space Administration Over-the-Hill? Next-Gen NASA Forty years ago most of NASA's employees were fresh out of college. Today, less than 20 percent are under the age of 40. As the baby boomers retire, who will get astronauts back to the lunar surface? |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Vacancies in Orbit Millionaire Robert Bigelow's Las Vegas company Bigelow Aerospace has successfully launched a test version of what is intended to be, by 2015, a hotel in space... Painting semiconductors... |
Wired
December 2004
James Cameron |
The Drive to Discover From deep sea exploration to trips into outer space, discovery is worth funding. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Collision Course: The Need for Better Space Junk Regulations Space is getting crowded, and the problem urgently needs attention from all spacefaring nations, lest we find ourselves earthbound under a shroud of orbiting trash. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007 |
Station Watching Packed with colorful, carefully annotated and detailed illustrations and photographs, Reference Guide to the International Space Station makes it easy to track both past and planned ISS evolution. |
Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman |
Dream Job Alert! NASA Puts Out Call For New Astronauts NASA today put out a call for new astronauts, including those who might support a future manned mission to Mars. |
Popular Mechanics
February 26, 2010
Rand Simberg |
Suborbital Safety: Will Commercial Spaceflight Ramp Up the Risk? Ever since the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, almost a quarter of a century ago, the watchword above all others at NASA has been "safety." Unfortunately, watchwords don't necessarily create actual safety, as we learned a little over seven years ago, with the loss of her sister ship Columbia. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
John Rhea |
Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Stewart et al. |
A High-Performance Electric Roadster, A Revolutionary Processor, A Heavyweight Light Sport Aircraft and More Long live the Tesla Roadster, the first production high-performance electric car... The PlayStation 3's multitasking processor might change computing forever... Cessna new sport aircraft... Rubber sidewalks... Orbital advertising... |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
NASA: We're Leaving The Space Station To The Private Sector Due to a combination of government budget cuts and declining costs for the private sector, private space companies have increasingly taken over space exploration and logistics for the U.S. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008 |
New Tech to Protect Spacecraft from Space Junk NASA scientists seeking other solutions to their current time-consuming processes of searching for small holes in spacecraft skin are focusing on new wireless technologies that can find tiny leaks by tracking vibrations across a spacecraft's metal skin. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
What Happens If NASA's Constellation Program Dies? Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel created a stir today by breaking news -- citing anonymous sources -- that President Barack Obama's budget will not include any funds for hardware for NASA's human space flight program. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Jennifer Bogo |
X Prize CEO Thinks Obama's 2010 NASA Budget Good for Space The new approach NASA has taken has laid the foundation for the Google, Cisco and Apple computers of space to be born. And, ultimately, lays the foundation for the rest of us to have a chance to get to go to space. |
Geotimes
November 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Genesis Crashes with Pieces of the Sun The world watched last September as the spacecraft Genesis, launched in 1998, returned to Earth with a crash-landing on Utah's desert floor. |
