29 July 2012
Added "Space Debris and Its Mitigation" to the archive.
16 July 2012
Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
9 December 2010
Updated "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace" to the 2009 revision.
7 December 2008
"What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace" is now the top entry on Space Future's Key Documents list.
30 November 2008
Added Lynx to the Vehicle Designs page.
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18 May 2004 by Alan Breakstone
Opening the space frontier to people worldwide
Arlington, Va. -- May 18, 2004 --Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, announced today it has begun working with Dentsu, the world's largest advertising agency, to send a prominent Japanese figure to the International Space Station ( ISS) within the next several years.
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13 May 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
Third successful test flight
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20 April 2004 by G B Leatherwood
The teddy bears survive!
by G.B. Leatherwood
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7 April 2004 by Sam Coniglio
Scaled Composites allowed to conduct sub-orbital flights
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30 March 2004 by Sam Coniglio
Businessman, scientist Dr. Greg Olsen to inspire students
Space Adventures announced that American Dr. Greg Olsen, scientist and founder of CEO of Sensors Unlimited, Inc., will become the third private space explorer. Following in the footsteps of Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth, Dr. Olsen hopes to inspire children to learn science and engineering with his work on the International Space Station ( ISS). His flight represents the first of the four exclusive flight opportunities that Space Adventures acquired in 2003 through their contract with the Russian Space Agency and RSC Energia.
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8 March 2004 by Patrick Collins
Promotes passenger space travel
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the US House of Representatives approved legislation which is designed to promote the development of the emerging commercial human space flight industry.
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
17 December 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
First manned supersonic flight by a non-government-developed aircraft
Press Release
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26 June 2003 by
Peter Diamandis, chairman of the X-Prize, also honoured
San Francisco (June 26, 2003) - The X-Prize Foundation has been selected as the winner of the World Technology Network's (WTN) Corporate World Technology Award for Space, an award recognizing the non-profit foundation's tireless efforts to spawn a new groundbreaking industry and educate the public about commercial space travel.
Announcements / Tourism (Good)
24 June 2003 by
...for only US$20 million
Space Adventures Ltd., RSC Energia, and the Russian Space Agency (Rosoviakosmos) are planning the first dedicated commerical flight of a spacecraft for space tourism. The 2005 Space Adventures-1 (SA-1) flight would launch a Soyuz with a cosmonaut and two paying passengers to the International Space Station ( ISS).
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
29 April 2003 by G B Leatherwood
Jeff Bezos joins the space race
By G.B. Leatherwood
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