by David Todd | Feb 4, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Suborbital
At the International Institute of Space Commerce’ sponsored event “Space Tourism: Risks and Solutions” workshop which was held at Lloyds of London under an arrangement with the Broker Aon, the insurance of suborbital space tourism was discussed. ...
by David Todd | Jan 31, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight
The news that Lockheed Martin has finally got back into commercial manned spaceflight transportation by joining the Sierra Nevada led team building the second Dreamchaser spaceplane will probably be a relief to its board. For while Lockheed Martin beat its main rival...
by David Todd | Jan 11, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Seradata News, Space tourism, Suborbital
Men dressed in space suits have been seen around London’s landmarks as part of marketing efforts for the Lynx Space Academy – a competition to pick and train astronauts from suborbial spaceflights. The competition’s advertising line for the flight...
by David Todd | Jan 10, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News
The most recent update of NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) programme (and its CCiCap follow-on) had one interesting point: all three of the leading commercial firms involved, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and SpaceX, plan to have their own test-pilot...
by David Todd | Jan 8, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism
Northrop Grumman, the manufacturer in its Grumman-guise of the world’s only proven manned lunar lander, the Apollo programme’s lunar excursion module (LEM), has been awarded a contract to provide design studies for another lunar lander – this time...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2012 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Seradata News, SpaceX
On the successful firing of its Merlin 1D engine, Space Exploration Technologies, with more than a note of self congratulation, states that the “enhanced design makes the Merlin 1D the most efficient booster engine ever built” further noting that...
