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The next world conflict will begin in space with superpowers or terrorists blasting communications and spy satellites out of orbit, defence experts predict
Gearing up for the return of the Falcon 9
Richard Branson enlists the venerable cosmologist to unveil their new space ship
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
SpaceX is scheduled to launch an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket -- its most powerful rocket yet -- this Saturday between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET.
Elon Musk warns religious extremism and nuclear attacks will prevent us landing on the red planet
No sign of sandworms so far
Open-world resource collection and exploration on an interplanetary scale
Planetary destruction on the cheap
It'll be the company's first launch since a fiery failure in June
Welcome to orbit, Akatsuki
3, 2, 1, Action!
High-profile hacker Gary McKinnon claims to have some interesting information about the US Navy's intergalactic adventures...
THE NEW SPACE RACE IS ON
Mark Watney, eat your heart out
Mark Watney, eat your heart out
According to NASA, the 5:55 pm EST launch of the unmanned commercial cargo ship atop an Atlas V rocket was going without a hitch until high winds rose in the last half hour. After several holds, Atlas launch control scrubbed the attempt at 5:59 pm.
This weekend, the golf cart-sized Japanese spaceship named Akatsuki could become a national hero. Or it could end up a national disgrace.
"Air launch enables us to provide rapid, responsive service to our satellite customers on a schedule set by their business and operational needs, rather than the constraints of national launch ranges," George Whitesides, Virgin Galactic's chief
Thursday afternoon, a spacecraft is scheduled to blast off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, hoisting 7,700 pounds of supplies to the crew on the International Space Station.
Since one of their rockets exploded in June, SpaceX has been grounded as they troubleshoot. The company is also upgrading their rockets with new engines that can carry heavier loads.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
John Bossard (Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer; President/Owner of BSRD-LLC) on aerospace and advanced technology industries, the private space race, and aerospace propulsion systems and combustion devices - Keith Cyrnek goes over the news
Reaction Engines says its invention will allow airliners to fly at five times the speed of sound
Regardless of who wins reusable launch market, we all win in the end.
Blue Origin, the private space firm owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, has just dropped a huge gauntlet in the race to develop a reusable rocket.
After Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin had a successful launch Monday, Musk, the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX, was quick to say congrats on Twitter.
The two companies agreed to expand production capability of Origin's BE-4 rocket motor, "an important step toward building (them) at the production rate needed for the Vulcan launch vehicle," said Bezos.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
James Corbett (Corbett Report) talks about Paris, Syria, Russia, Turkey, and America's interventionist foreign policy - Michael Belfiore (Author, Writer) provides and update on the private space race (Blue Origin reaching space in a reusable rocket
Yesterday at Blue Origin's West Texas proving grounds, the company's New Shepard spacecraft launched to an altitude of 329,839 feet, almost 2,000 feet past the international accepted boundary of space, and returned to Earth
The key to private space delivery may be terrible geopolitics.
