by Rob Coppinger | Feb 10, 2010 | commercial launch services, ESA, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology
Not yet available at either the British National Space Centre or Space Innovation and Growth Team (IGT) websites but found here at its own website, here are some choice qoutes from the latest review of the UK’s spaceflight industry, the Space IGT’s...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 7, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Spaceport, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
all images credited to Virgin Galactic – click on any to see a larger version in the same browser window
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...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 15, 2009 | Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic
Inflatable domes, laser lights, a sunset and documentary film makers could all be features of Virgin Galactic’s Monday 7 December roll-out of its SpaceShipTwo at Scaled Composites’ Mojave air and spaceport hangars in California – above SS2 is filmed...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 11, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Orion, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space tourism, Technology, Virgin Galactic
So Hyperbola has finally touched down in Daejeon in south Korea, after a scorching reentry from the Oort cloud, or was that just the effect of the Korean spicy Kimchi pickle and the even more spicy red pepper paste, Kochu Chang, they put on most of their food? Either...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 2, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Constellation, COTS, ESA, exploration, History, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, space station, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic
Hyperbola is launching to the Oort cloud for a week’s R&R from today and will be returning via Daejeon, Korea from the 12 October. In Daejeon Hyperbola will be blogging from the International Astronautical Congress, where the world’s space...
