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Spare Rocket Parts For Sale |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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The Seattle Times has an interesting piece on where rockets go to die (and no, not low earth orbit!). It seems a great many prospective space tourism organisations are trying to get their hands on many spare parts, such as a Saturn V J-2 rocket engine. It's only going for $500,000...what a bargain! From the article: "The new generation of rocketeers is less interested in big-ticket items than in the smaller pieces of scrap and surplus that they can use to build prototypes, often for a dime on the dollar of what it would cost to buy new parts." I've had a great idea. I'm going to spend my earnings on BUILDING a rocket instead of take a seat on a paying space tourism venture...! | | No comments for this item |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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Sci-tech-today reports in this article that the ashes of James Doohan , better known as "Scotty" on the original series of Star Trek, are being launched into space. It was the final request of the Canadian actor who became a great ambassador for space throughout his life time. From the article: "...the cost of sending a portion of one's remains into Earth orbit with Celestis ranges from $995 for one gram of cremated remains to $5,300 for seven grams. The company also offers lunar orbit or landing for $12,500, and launch into deep space ("The Voyager Service") for $12,500..." It looks like most people will be unable to afford the rather expensive funerals reserved for the few! Maybe I'll start saving now...
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Europe Needs New Space Funding |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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Aviation Week has a story on Europe's funding issues concerning space tourism. French officials have warned that space business in Europe could fall behind unless a new way of funding is delivered. From the article: "The matter is complicated, they note, by a continued lack of understanding outside the space community of the usefulness of space-based solutions, as well as confusion about the role space agencies should play in preparing new applications for the market."
It seems people are wondering where their tax dollars are going over in Europe. It will be interesting to see what new models they come up with. | | This item includes 152 comments |
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Former Astronaut talks Rocketplane |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
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The Midwest City Sun has an article/interview with John Herrington, former NASA astronaut and US Navy Pilot. In the article he discusses his work at Rocketplane and how he thinks Oklahoma can compete with the much better publicised Spaceport America. From the article: "This (suborbital tourism) is guaranteed, this is going to happen — somebody’s going to do it, and we at Rocketplane-Kistler want to be the ones to do it." I guess it remains to be seen whether Oklahoma is going to be a driving force in the race to space. | | No comments for this item |
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Spaceport Go-ahead Up To Voters |
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Monday, 02 April 2007 |
It seems the New Mexico space port venture is now in the hands of the voters. A referendum as been called for the people of Las Cruces on the proposal to raise the county sales tax in return for hosting the world's first all-commercial spaceport.
If the referndum goes through, a desert valley used by ranchers could become home to Spaceport America where "space tourists" come from destinations halfway around the world in order to get a chance to fly into space.
As previously reported on BuyMeToTheStars, Virgin Galactic have signed a 20-year lease to use Spaceport America - with the intention of launchig up to three 2-hour flights a day. The Virgin Group 's top resort developer has been in New Mexico scouting out sites for an exclusive resort complex for the paying astronauts.
New Mexico is not alone in wanting to develop a spaceport. It turns out that Texas, California, Florida and Virginia are also working on launching customers into space. However Spaceport America is unique in that it is being entirely constructed from the ground up solely for space tourism, whereas the other projects are mainly based on military bases.
We'll keep you appraised of the referendum situation here on BMTTS. Watch this space! | | No comments for this item |
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