Odds and ends

A roundup of a few space tourism-related items from the last several days:

Wyle Labs Inc. is creating a new business unit “focusing on providing human spaceflight services to the emerging commercial ‘space tourist’ industry”. The Commercial Human Spaceflight Services unit, led by Vernon McDonald, will offer a variety of medical, training, and operations support […]

NewSpace photos

For the curious who weren’t there (or were there but didn’t bring a camera), I’ve uploaded some images of the NewSpace 2006 conference to Flickr. It is primarily shots of speakers and panels, but also one of the more interesting items from the auction, as well as a zero-g wedding dress.