European space tourism and spaceports

British media, such as The Scotsman newspaper, reported that Scotland is being considered for a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceport, in particular an existing air base, RAF Lossiemouth. Other than specifically identifying a proposed site, though, there’s not much new here, since Virgin Galactic officials have previously indicated they are considering Scotland for a European location, […]

That’s Dr. Binnie to you, sir

SpaceShipOne pilot Brian Binnie has another honor to add to his collection: he received an honorary doctorate from Aberdeen University Monday. Binnie is the first Scotsman in space; his father is a former physicist at the university. Binnie said it was great honor to return to Scotland and receive the degree, certainly nearly as big […]