by David Brandt-Erichsen | Aug 16, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Transportation
NASA has agreed in principle to allow the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule to dock with the International Space Station. Launch of the Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled for November 30 with the docking to occur 9 days later. This will be the 3rd launch of Falcon 9....
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Aug 8, 2011 | Space Business
Is the Moon a business opportunity? According to Dr. Barney Pell, “it’s one of the biggest business opportunities in history.” According to Pell, an angel investor and computer scientist and Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Moon Express,...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | May 4, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, ISDC, Space Business, Space Transportation
The following is quoted in full from the SpaceX website, dated May 4, 2011. Note that SpaceX is participating in the NSS International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2011) later this month. WHY THE US CAN BEAT CHINA: THE FACTS ABOUT SPACEX COSTS Whenever someone...
by Dave Fischer | Feb 11, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Science
Falcon 9 / Lunar Mission Image Credit: Astrobotic Technology Astrobotic Technology, Inc., a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University, announced the signing of a contract with SpaceX to launch its Lunar XPrize mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. Astrobotic intends to...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Jul 20, 2010 | Space Business, Space Policy
Press Release from SpaceX: Legislation Supports Domestic Commercial Crew Initiatives to Reduce Reliance on Russian Soyuz and Bring Critical High-Tech Jobs Back to the U.S. Hawthorne, CA, July 20, 2010 — SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) applauds the...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Jul 12, 2010 | Space Business, Space Tourism
Rocketplane, one of the NewSpace companies that tried to offer suborbital space tourism, quietly filed for liquidation in June. An excellent article in today’s Space Review analyses the decline of Rocketplane and its implications for other NewSpace...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Feb 25, 2010 | Space Business, Space Transportation
While the Obama commercial space policy is the news, SpaceX continues to move forward toward the initial launch of its Falcon 9 rocket within the next 1 to 3 months. The latest milestone was getting the rocket vertical on the pad. In December 2008, NASA announced the...
by Karen Shea | Sep 2, 2009 | NASA, Space Business, Space Policy
Spaced Out NASA’s vision for human exploration needs some hard questions and perhaps an entrepreneurial boost in the Washington Post Now that the station is nearly complete, this might be an optimal time to open space to entrepreneurs. Many companies claim they...
