Here’s an article and the associated video clips below. This isn’t directly related to safe, sustained, routine, and reliable access to space, but it made me smile. It is Not stereotypical NASA at all, however, it is close to what I’d expect to see during an operational flight of a Mach 30 vehicle!
It also provides some insight into a spacefaring culture. Here’s the article:
http://gizmodo.com/5360801/buzz-lightyear-back-from-468-days-in-spaaace
and the link to the videos:
To me this is rediculus. In the 1960s NASA went all the way to the moon in the time it’s taking them to design our current system!! This 9 year gap doesnt even include flight test time or account for any additional future delays. Does anyone else see somthing wrong here?
for the full article <click here>.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id…
“The government cannot fund everything that we need to do, but we can inspire and open the door for commercial entrepreneurial entities to become involved, to become partners with NASA in this needed development that will enable things to come about. So no, you can’t make enough money for NASA to do the things that I think you want to do. But together . . . I think we will go back to the Moon and eventually on to Mars.”
What do you think of NASA’s new strategy to become a “middle man” for the commercial space industry?
Motivation: To help facilitate the operations of manned orbital spacecraft and increase communication and telemetry coverage. The distributed nature of hackerspaces make them good candidates to increase the opportunities of ground-station contact with orbiting spacecraft.
Ideas:
Needs: sky visibility, roadio communication, spacecraft telemetry tracking
For the complete story click the link:http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/
Commercial launch of SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket a success
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: July 14, 2009
A Malaysian satellite rode a Falcon 1 rocket into orbit Monday night, marking the first time the privately-developed booster has successfully launched an operational spacecraft. The 70-foot-tall rocket was making its fifth flight. Three of its four previous launches failed, dooming two small military satellites.
