New Mexico Spaceport America: New Legislation for Commercial Space Industry

Apr 3, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Kids Space, Space Tourism

New Mexico’s Spaceport America got a boost in readying itself to handle commercial space operations – such as suborbital flights of passengers via Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo launch system. Following unanimous passage by the state’s legislature, New...

Commercial Activity Fuels Growth in Global Space Economy

Apr 3, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Market Research, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research

The global space economy is surging, and the commercial space sector deserves much of the credit, according to the Space Foundation, the Colorado Springs-based non profit, in its annual report on the sector for 2013. During 2012, the world’s space sector...

SpaceX Cements U. S. Commercial Role in Support of the International Space Station

Mar 27, 2013 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research

SpaceX successfully completed the second U. S. commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, as the Hawthorne, Calif., based company’s Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean with nearly 2,700 pounds in scientific gear and...

Congress Ponders Space Leadership Provision

Mar 10, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, China, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Planet Earth, Space Race, Space Research, The Moon

    Congress is considering some substantial changes in the way NASA is led, managed from the outside and funded, as policy makers attempt to give the nation’s civil space program a sharper focus as well as the stability to ensure the sustained...

Lost in Space: The Need for a Definitive U.S. Space Policy?

Jan 25, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Augustine Committee, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, NASA, Space Shuttle, Why Space

In a special program sponsored by the Baker Institute, noted space policy experts reviewed the present status and future of NASA and the U.S. civil space program, as well as the need for a definitive national civil space policy. This event was held Jan 24, 2013 and...

Asteroid Mining Update from the Factory Floor

Jan 21, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space

The private space group – Planetary Resources – headquartered near Seattle, Washington is pushing forward on its Arkyd-100 – the firm’s space telescope and technology demonstrator for their Arkyd series of asteroid prospecting missions. The Arkyd-100 series is the...