Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is set to be the first space-tourism company to go public
• https://www.cnbc.comVirgin Galactic is set to be the first publicly-listed company with plans to send tourists to space.
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SpaceX: Watch spectacular video of SpaceX Falcon Heavy fairing's Earth re-entry
• https://www.express.co.ukSPACEX has released an awe-inspiring video of its Falcon Heavy rocket burning bright blue while re-entering Earth's atmosphere from space, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced.
2015 Journey To Space is a RetroFuture
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangRetrofuturism shows the future produced in an earlier era. Futurism is anticipating what will come and retrofuturism is remembering an outdated expectation.
Florida Version of SpaceX Starship Looks Better Than Texas Version
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangThe Florida version of the SpaceX Starship looks shinier and seems to have better workmanship overall than the Texas version of the Starship.
MOON LANDING TAPES RESURFACE?
• https://www.theburningplatform.com, YojimboWhat? I thought that NASA said that the original moon landing tapes had been erased and re-used to save money. Now they say that the original tapes have been found, and some NASA intern has had them for 50 years and didn't say anything. That sounds
The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
• arcleinOf course, says veteran miner Scott Moore, CEO of EuroSun Mining "The 'Titans of Gold' now control hundreds of the best-producing properties around the world, but the 4-5 million ounces of gold they bring to the market every year pales in compa
NASA's Orion astronaut capsule endures intense test over the Space Coast. Up next: The moon
• https://www.orlandosentinel.comCAPE CANAVERAL -- They lined the pier hundreds deep, a mass of Orion engineers, NASA employees and their families at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral, tensely waiting to watch the critical next test in a project many of them have invested the better par
What a Space Vacation Deal
• http://www.spacedaily.comThree weeks ago, NASA announced a new program to entice more commercial activities on the US side of the International Space Station (ISS). Starting in 2020, the station will be open to vacationers and others at a per-night-rate of $35,000.
When CubeSats meet asteroid
• http://www.spacedaily.comESA's Hera mission for planetary defence, being designed to survey the smallest asteroid ever explored, is really three spacecraft in one. The main mothership will carry two briefcase-sized CubeSats, which will touch down on the target body. A French
Space junk or sabotage? Space clean-up drones could have military implications
• https://www.news.com, Jamie SeidelA recently declassified Chinese report reveals it is building tiny robotic satellites. And they can either save -- or destroy -- the space race.
Future Elon and SpaceX Domination Will Be Like Rockefeller and Standard Oil
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangJohn D Rockefeller created Standard Oil, which built up the modern oil and refining industry.
Europe Tentatively Considers Copying SpaceX While China Has Four Companies Racing to Catchup
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangEurope has provided 3 million euros in funding for a three year investigation of reusable rockets. This program is not funded to actually build or fly any vehicles. They want to agree on specifics of two designs.
Future Elon and SpaceX Domination Will Be Like Rockefeller and Standard Oil
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comJohn D Rockefeller created Standard Oil, which built up the modern oil and refining industry. Standard Oil created massive price advantages and scale beyond its competitors. It grew by increasing sales and through acquisitions. In 1868, the Lake Shor
Richard Branson Gets Ready to Put His Life on the Line to Make Space Dreams Reality
• https://www.thedailybeast.com by Clive IrvingAfter years of hype, Virgin Galactic seems to have its act together. Just in time for the boss to join the celebration of the first moon landing by getting his astronaut wings.
STP-2 Mission
• https://www.youtube.comSpaceX is targeting Monday, June 24 for a Falcon Heavy launch of the STP-2 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The primary launch window opens at 11:30 p.m. EDT, or 3:30 UTC on June 25, and closes at
The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
• https://www.rt.comWhether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don't really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we've already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts 24 Satellites in 1st Night Launch
• https://www.space.com, By Meghan BartelsThe megarocket did well in its third-ever liftoff.
The Lieds Behind the Secret Space Program
• http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com by Dave HodgesNASA is for show and the secret space program is for go. However, the secret space program is no longer secret. It is also not new. Trump took control of the program away from the Air Force and renamed it. Here is the story and what they are up to.
SpaceX's Latest Launch Ends With Fiery Crash
• https://www.zerohedge.comThough it had carried out a handful of successful launches, SpaceX's legacy of launch-day malfunctions is well recognized by now, and will likely create problems for CEO Elon Musk as he pushes to launch the company's first manned space flight by the
Huge lake of liquid water found on Mars
• https://newatlas.com, Michael IrvingA huge lake of liquid water has been found on Mars. The groundbreaking discovery comes after years of evidence of the Red Planet's watery past and icy present, but this is the first time a significant amount of the life-giving liquid has been detecte
The Universe is 14 Billion Years Old But Visible Universe is 92 Billion Light Years Wide
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe Universe is 13.7 billion years old.
Two Quintillion Tons of Metal or Dense Oxides Found on the Moon
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangA large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater on the Moon, the South Pole-Aitken basin, and it may contain metal from an asteroid that crashed into the Moon and formed the crater.
Life on Mars gets a test run in the Utah desert
• https://www.latimes.com, By David KellyHang a right a few miles past the Dirty Devil River, bump down Cow Dung Road, and the barren, red landscape beyond morphs from mere desert into something, well, otherworldly.
Mars colonisation possible through sperm bank in space, study suggests
• https://www.theguardian.com by Jedidajah OtteScientists find frozen sperm exposed to zero-g could go where no man has gone before
How the ISS recycles its air and water
• https://www.popsci.comNearly all of the water astronauts drink and shower with comes from their urine and sweat
Game Changing Direct Drive Fusion Propulsion Progress
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangDirect Fusion Drive, is a unique fusion engine concept based on the Princeton Field-Reversed Configuration (PFRC) fusion reactor under development at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Nextbigfuture Believes SpaceX Starship Will Leapfrog Delayed Supersonic Passenger Jets
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe one-third sized version of Boom Supersonic, the XB-1, will be rolled out in December 2019, about six months later than previously planned.
Under increasing pressure from SpaceX, Arianespace launches telecommunications satellites
• https://www.spaceflightinsider.com by Jason RhianArianespace conducted its fifth flight of 2019 when it launched an Ariane 5 ECA rocket and its payload of two communications satellites at 6:43 p.m. local time from Guiana Space Centre's ELA-3 launch site. Today's launch comes at a time when th
Secretive Startup SpinLaunch Gets 1st Launch Contract for US Military
• https://www.space.com, By Tariq MalikIt could launch in 2020!
Blue Origin fires up the engine of its future Moon lander for the first time
• https://www.theverge.comFor the first time, aerospace company Blue Origin has fired up a brand-new engine the company developed for its future Moon lander. The engine, dubbed the BE-7, ignited for a full 35 seconds during a test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
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