by National Space Society | Dec 24, 2018 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Image: Starship Alpha construction at Boca Chica, December 23, 2018 (courtesy SpaceX). By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 I remember movies like When Worlds Collide. There was always, at least in my gauzy memory, a scene of the mighty rocket...
by National Space Society | Dec 18, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, NSS Press Releases, Space Tourism
National Space Society congratulates Virgin Galactic on achieving a historic milestone in space tourism Virgin Galactic achieved a historic milestone in space development as the start up of space tourism takes another step forward. Thursday morning, December 13th, the...
by National Space Society | Dec 13, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Tourism, Space Transportation
Image: View from Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity December 13th, 2018 (courtesy of Virgin Galactic). By Bob Brodbeck A historic milestone in space development, and especially for the start up of space tourism, was achieved this morning Thursday December 13th by Virgin...
by National Space Society | Dec 13, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Transportation
By George Mancuso On September 16, 2014, NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts to provide crewed launch services to the International Space Station (ISS). For the same contract requirement, Boeing could receive up to $ 4.2 B, while SpaceX could receive up to $ 2.6...
by National Space Society | Dec 3, 2018 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development
Third Flight of the Same Falcon 9 Block 5 First Stage Makes History By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President In an earlier blog post (https://space.nss.org/the-spacex-triple-trifecta/) I described SpaceX’s three ambitious goals for 2018: Bring the Falcon Heavy (FH)...
by National Space Society | Oct 3, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Moon
Blue Origin in the conceptual design phase of a large lunar lander (called Blue Moon) capable of bringing several metric tons of cargo to the Moon, providing reusable access to the lunar surface and its resources. Blue Origin states: “Moving heavy industry from...
by National Space Society | Aug 18, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Transportation
The 11-minute video below by an outfit called Startup Division depicts the formidable competition that Space-X is and will be facing for lowered launch costs. Worth a watch. The race is heating...
by National Space Society | Jul 28, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity third powered flight on July 26th 2018. Image courtesy of Virgin Galactic. By Bob Brodbeck Less than two months after the previous test, Virgin Galactic on Thursday afternoon (July 26) launched its reusable Virgin spaceship (VSS)...
