OLDER STORIES
- New Book Released on Space Flight
- SpaceShipOne Unveiled
- XCOR Secures $187,500 Equity Investment
- Nova II Capsule Revealed
- Leave the Driving to Us
- Why We Fly
- Tragedy
- The Armadillo Rocketeers
- Voyage Around the Moon
- RVT, The Little Spacecraft That Could
- NASA SSP Privatization Disaster
- Andrew Beal Restates His Case
- Starchaser Flies
- Perspectives on Reusable Launch Vehicles
- XCOR completes first phase of flight test program
- 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
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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20 April 2004 by G B Leatherwood
SpaceFuture speaks with Joe Latrell
By G.B. Leatherwood
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
20 April 2004 by G B Leatherwood
The teddy bears survive!
by G.B. Leatherwood
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
7 April 2004 by Sam Coniglio
Scaled Composites allowed to conduct sub-orbital flights
by Sam Coniglio
News / Vehicles (Good)
19 March 2004 by Carol Pinchefsky
What we can deduce
It looks like
Burt Rutan's next planned flight test of his SpaceShipOne will include firing the rocket motor again. This may turn out to be quite ambitious compared to the first in-flight firing late last year.
's next planned flight test of his SpaceShipOne will include firing the rocket motor again. This may turn out to be quite ambitious compared to the first in-flight firing late last year. 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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27 October 2003 by Patrick Collins
The public want SSTO and TSTO, not SST
by Dr. Patrick Collins
Online / Vehicles (Bad)
2 October 2003 by Alan Breakstone
Problems emerge
SpaceShipOne flew its third glide test last week. Unfortunately it encountered major stability problems that almost led to a crash. According to an article in The Space Review, "[Pilot Mike] Melvill struggled to pitch the nose down to get out of the stall, and in the process the vehicle started to roll."
flew its third glide test last week. Unfortunately it encountered major stability problems that almost led to a crash. According to an article in The Space Review, "[Pilot Mike] Melvill struggled to pitch the nose down to get out of the stall, and in the process the vehicle started to roll." News / Vehicles (Good)
12 August 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
And a wedding
By Carol Pinchefsky
Media / Vehicles (Good)
1 June 2003 by Carol Pinchefsky
Public radio covers public space
By Carol Pinchefsky and Alan Breakstone
Announcements / Vehicles (Good)
29 April 2003 by G B Leatherwood
Jeff Bezos joins the space race
By G.B. Leatherwood
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