New Scientist is on the scene at the ISPS in Las Cruces and reports that The da Vinci Project (or, more accurately, “The GoldenPalace.com Space Program – Powered by the da Vinci Project”) has unveiled designs for a new series of suborbital passenger vehicles. The XF1 is a single-person design that would initially be launched […]
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It’s been a commonly-held belief that people who pay to fly as tourists on Russian Soyuz missions to the ISS are helping the cash-strapped Russian space program. While Roskosmos may no longer be as desperate for money as it once was, it’s not clear exactly where those monies have gone. Reuters reports that Russian officials […] The Las Cruces Sun-News provides a final preview of the International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight, the two-day conference that starts this morning in Las Cruces. (Unfortunately I won’t be there; I don’t get into town until Wednesday night.) An interesting contrast: conference co-chair Bill Gaubatz focuses on the historical significance of the event (“[Imagine] it’s […] SpaceShot, the company offering skill contests that give people the opportunity to win a trip to space, made a few announcements yesterday. (The press release isn’t on its web site, but can be viewed on HobbySpace.) In brief, the company is setting up a Latin American unit and announced a new round of angel funding […] |
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