by Rob Coppinger | Jan 18, 2010 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, exploration, NASA, Orion, Russia, Soyuz
As the first week of February edges closer it would seem that the fiscal year 2011 NASA budget request, which all and sundry expected to reveal the new US human spaceflight vision, will do no such thing This re-tweeted tweet care of the well informed Jeff Foust and...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 17, 2009 | Ares, Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Orion, Russia, Space Shuttle, Technology
Hyperbola has come to the conclusion that the leading exploration option from Norman Augustine’s report, much reported in the press, will sacrifice workforce, skills, infrastructure and technology for a gilded future that will never...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 8, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, NASA, Russia
Much has been made of the support Norman Augustine’s committee has given to commercial spaceflight but what hasn’t been talked about is the mystery boosterIn the full Review of US human spaceflight plans report it separates the booster from the...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 7, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
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by Rob Coppinger | Dec 2, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight
The US House of Representatives’ committee on science and technology subcommittee on space and aeronautics’ hearing charter gave the following info on the human rating study that uses American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, revealing that it...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 19, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, ESA, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital
So the blogosphere is getting all worked up about an article run by Space News and authored by two former senior European Space Agency launcher officials that attacks sub-orbital tourism and hopes for commercial orbital transportHyperbola stresses the word former...
