• Halloween Hellmouth at Iceland volcano

    Updated: 2012-10-31 18:12:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 31 October 2012

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  • Superbright star explosion is most distant known

    Updated: 2012-10-31 18:00:00
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  • Paul Breed, Tuesday, 10-30-12

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:26:18
    Paul Breed, Tuesday, 10-30-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1884-BWB-2012-10-30.mp3 Guest:  Paul Breed.  Topics:  Low cost space access & developing a nanosat launcher.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, & discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, & any discussion must be relevant & applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space [...]

  • Dwarfed by Saturn

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:04:31
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Dwarfed by Saturn By Keith Cowing Posted October 31, 2012 11:04 AM View Comments NASA JPL SSI Mimas and Saturn Saturn's moon Mimas appears near Saturn , dwarfed by its parent planet in this image . Mimas 246 miles , or 396 kilometers across appears tiny compared to the storms clearly visible in far northern and southern hemispheres of . Saturn This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 18 degrees below the ringplane . North on Saturn is up and rotated 27 degrees to the . left The image

  • A Ghost in Cepheus

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:01:34
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets A Ghost in Cepheus By Keith Cowing Posted October 31, 2012 11:01 AM View Comments NASA Ced 201 Described as a dusty curtain or ghostly apparition , mysterious reflection nebula VdB 152 really is very faint . Far from your neighborhood on this Halloween Night , the cosmic phantom is nearly 1,400 light-years . away Also catalogued as Ced 201, it lies along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus . Near the edge of a large molecular cloud , pockets of interstellar dust in the region block light

  • Delivering a Permanent Place in Space & Book Signing

    Updated: 2012-10-31 08:38:34
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  • BBC films GLXP competitor Moon Express

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:48:14
    Horizon Films working with BBC Science flew out to Moffett Field, CA to profile Google Lunar X-Prize competitors Moon Express in an upcoming documentary about Inventions and Inventors. The four man film crew interviewed Project Engineer Mike Vergalla and Co-Founder/CEO Bob Richards and documented some of the technology that the Moon Express team has been developing to establish a safe and reliable translunar delivery system. YouTube video

  • In space, can anyone hear you scream?

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:39:51
    The BBC profiles the "scream in space" experiment by Cambridge University Spaceflight aboard the STraND-1 nanosatellite. The experiment will play back prerecorded screams from an onboard smartphone, and determine whether they can be detected by the microphone. Student Edward Cunningham said: "We are not holding our collective breath. There might be some buzzing, but this is more about getting young people interested in satellites and acoustics." He added: "The principle of using a low-cost consumer device to do something high-tech and new on a shoestring budget is something we really endorse. Cambridge University's 'space scream' phone experiment -- BBC News

  • Winners of Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2012 announced

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:30:29
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  • Planning the first financial trade from space

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:24:00
    Professional trader Anton Kreil describes his plans to conduct the first financial trade from space, to the Trading the Markets conference in London. Kreil plans to fly aboard the XCOR Lynx suborbital spaceplane in 2014.

  • New Theory on Earth and Moon Formation

    Updated: 2012-10-30 22:41:38
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets New Theory on Earth and Moon Formation By Keith Cowing Posted October 30, 2012 6:41 PM View Comments NASA The Moon False Color New research , funded by the NASA Lunar Science Institute NLSI theorizes that our early Earth and moon were both created together in a giant collision of two planetary bodies that were each five times the size of . Mars This new theory about how Earth's moon formed is challenging the commonly believed giant impact hypothesis , which suggests that Earth's moon formed from a colossal impact

  • Fingerprinting Martian Minerals

    Updated: 2012-10-30 22:32:54
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Fingerprinting Martian Minerals By Keith Cowing Posted October 30, 2012 6:32 PM View Comments NASA MSL image of Mars NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in . Hawaii The minerals were identified in the first sample of Martian soil ingested recently by the rover . Curiosity used its Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument CheMin to obtain the results , which are filling gaps and adding confidence

  • Today on New Scientist: 30 October 2012

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  • Space Station Spies Sandy: Gotta-See Video

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:54:24
    It's hard to imagine the destruction on the ground when watching this serene video of Hurricane Sandy from space.

  • Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, Perry Edmundson, Monday, 10-29-12

    Updated: 2012-10-30 15:29:16
    Madhu Thangavelu, Perry Edmundson, Monday, 10-29-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1883-BWB-2012-10-29.mp3 Guests:  Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, Perry Edmundson.  Topic:  The Cosmic Mariner space cruise ship concept developed by Perry Edmundson. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to [...]

  • Radar satellite reveals guts of hurricane Sandy

    Updated: 2012-10-30 14:33:00
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  • Dr. John Jurist, Webinar, Sunday, 10-28-12

    Updated: 2012-10-30 01:13:59
    Dr. John Jurist, Webinar, Sunday, 10-28-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1882-BWB-2012-10-28.mp3 Guest:  Dr. John Jurist.  Topics:  This webinar focused on rocket mission, planning, risk & cost analysis using copyright protected spread sheets created by Dr. Jurist.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any [...]

  • Today on New Scientist: 29 October 2012

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  • Hurricane Sandy Tracking and Views from the Space Station

    Updated: 2012-10-29 16:31:58
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Hurricane Sandy Tracking and Views from the Space Station By Marc Boucher Posted October 29, 2012 12:31 PM View Comments NASA Hurricane Sandy Tracking As Hurricane Sandy nears landfall NASA and NOAA satellites are tracking the storm to provide continuous updates . This is the latest track . As well NASA is using the International Space Station to take pictures of Sandy . These latest images were take at 11:16 a.m . . ET According to NASA , at the time of the flyover , Sandy was located 260 miles south-southeast

  • Spacefund and the Kids in Space Show

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:54:12
    Spacefund is an award-winning science theatre group, which was formed in the new millennium to help teach young children about our solar system and open their eyes to the workings and wonders of space. They cater exclusively to children within the primary school age range (from 4-11), both at schools themselves and at science festivals and events right across the UK. See www.spacefund.co.uk and Twitter @SpacefundJo.

  • ESA Technology Transfer Network: SpaceTech2012

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:29:41
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  • Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:22:50
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble By Keith Cowing Posted October 29, 2012 9:22 AM View Comments ESA Wolf-Rayet star HD 50896 The cosmic cauldron has brewed up a Halloween trick in the form of a ghostly face that glows in X-rays , as seen by ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope . The eerie entity is a bubble bursting with the fiery stellar wind of a live fast , die young' . star The bubble lies 5000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Canis Major , the greater dog' , and can be imagined to take on a dog- or

  • Space Hackathon 1-2 Dec 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-29 13:07:16
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  • NOAA's GOES-13 Satellite Image: Hurricane Sandy Expands

    Updated: 2012-10-28 22:24:11
    NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of the massive Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 28 at 1302 UTC (9:02 a.m. EDT). The line of clouds from the Gulf of Mexico north are associated with the cold front that Sandy is merging with. Sandy's western cloud edge is already over the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. Credit: NASA GOES Project. Larger image

  • Satellites Monitor Hurricane Sandy

    Updated: 2012-10-27 15:42:03
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Satellites Monitor Hurricane Sandy By Keith Cowing Posted October 27, 2012 11:42 AM View Comments NOAA NASA GOES Satellite Imagery of Sandy Sandy weakened to a Tropical Storm and strengthened back into a hurricane early on Saturday Oct . 26, and its pressure was dropping , meaning that the storm is intensifying as it becomes an extra-tropical . storm This image was created combining NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite imagery on Oct . 27 and shows the cloud cover from Hurricane Sandy interacting with the long

  • Bride of Frankenstorm

    Updated: 2012-10-26 18:52:06
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Bride of Frankenstorm By Keith Cowing Posted October 26, 2012 2:52 PM View Comments NASA TRMM View of Hurricane Sandy NASA's TRMM satellite revealed Hurricane Sandy's heavy rainfall and the storm is expected to couple with a powerful cold front and Arctic air to bring that heavy rainfall to the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern . U.S Some forecasters are calling this combination of weather factors Frankenstorm because of the close proximity to Halloween . However , because Sandy is a woman's name , the storm could be

  • Today on New Scientist: 26 October 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-26 18:00:00
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  • Hurricane Sandy Makes Landfall Over Cuba

    Updated: 2012-10-26 16:54:12
    Early in the morning on Oct. 25, 2012, the Suomi NPP satellite passed over Hurricane Sandy after it made landfall over Cuba and Jamaica, capturing this highly detailed infrared imagery, showing areas of deep convection around the central eye. Besides the highly detailed infrared imagery, the satellite shows visible-like imagery of the cloud tops, along with the city lights of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Image Credit: NOAA/NASA. Larger image

  • Today on New Scientist: 25 October 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-25 18:00:00
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  • Neil Armstrong's postcard from the moon

    Updated: 2012-10-25 17:51:00
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  • The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 10-24-12

    Updated: 2012-10-25 17:19:46
    The John Batchelor Show “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 10-24-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1880-BWB-2012-10-24.mp3 Guests: John Batchelor, Alan Boyle, Dr. David Livingston:  Topics:  Blue Origin, Private/Commercial space, human spaceflight. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show [...]

  • Today on New Scientist: 24 October 2012

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  • Brad Blair, Tuesday, 10-23-12

    Updated: 2012-10-24 17:52:50
    Brad Blair, Tuesday, 10-23-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1879-BWB-2012-10-23.mp3 Guest: Brad Blair.  Topics:  Space debris mitigation ideas, space governance, space mining, ISRU, plus other topics.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written [...]

  • Dive into the largest image of our galaxy's centre

    Updated: 2012-10-24 12:24:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 23 October 2012

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  • Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin spaceship company aces pad-escape test

    Updated: 2012-10-23 00:14:19
    Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket venture notched a blazing success last week when it tested a NASA-backed launch pad escape system for its crew capsule. The Oct. 19 demonstration flight at Blue Origin's West Texas spaceport marked the final milestone for NASA hellip;

  • How elephants' hair style helps them stay cool

    Updated: 2012-10-22 18:08:00
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  • Today on New Scientist: 22 October 2012

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  • Student projects with Tranquility Aerospace

    Updated: 2012-10-22 17:15:23
    Tranquility Aerospace has advertised for a number of student project positions: "16/10/2012: If you're a final year degree or post degree student studying in a space engineering related subject, such as propulsion, electronics, navigation, aerodynamics, robotics and your looking to gain experience and earn and/or want a final year project Tranquility Aerospace Ltd. would like to hear from you. Limited number of places available."

  • Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Sunday, 10-21-12

    Updated: 2012-10-22 17:14:42
    Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Sunday, 10-21-12 http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1877-BWB-2012-10-21.mp3 Guest:  Dr. Erick Seedhouse.  Topics:  Astronauts4Hire.com, commercial astronaut corps, & “Astronauts For Hire: The Emergence of a Commercial Astronaut Corps.”  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable [...]

  • Reaction Engines hiring managers, engineers [UPDATE]

    Updated: 2012-10-22 16:37:08
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  • Installation of SS2 propulsion system

    Updated: 2012-10-22 09:49:26
    Wired provides an update on Virgin Galactic's progress towards powered flights late this year, including photos of the installation of the liquid oxidiser tank on board the SS2 spacecraft: SpaceShipTwo on Track for Powered Flight This Year -- Autopia/Wired Virgin and XCOR progress towards powered test flights -- NewSpace Journal Virgin Galactic -- Google+

  • Update on controversial EmDrive

    Updated: 2012-10-22 09:10:49
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  • Radical DIY and Open Source Satellites

    Updated: 2012-10-22 09:04:46
    The Arts Catalyst is sponsoring a special event on October 30th entitled Radical DIY: Artist-makers of extraordinary and poetic machines. Speakers include Korean artist Hojun Song. He has built a fully functioning Arduino-based satellite. The cube will transmit Morse code messages that can be received on Earth. He has set up the Open Source Satellite Initiative to ensure others can follow.

  • Britain on mission to tap Moon water

    Updated: 2012-10-22 01:19:49
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  • Classroom: Dr. Paul Spudis, Dr. Jim Vedda, Friday, 10-19-12

    Updated: 2012-10-20 18:26:57
    Classroom: Dr. Paul Spudis, Dr. Jim Vedda, Friday, 10-19-12 Cislunar Space Development http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/1876-BWB-2012-10-19.mp3 Guests: CLASSROOM:  Dr. Paul Spudis, Dr. Jim Vedda.  Topics:  Cislunar space development and economics.  You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blogs, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com and the Classroom blog, http://spaceshowclassroom.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any [...]

  • Pilots, Look Down

    Updated: 2012-10-19 20:42:03
    To find their way home, aviators used to be able to read the rooftops.

  • Investigating the Apollo Valley

    Updated: 2012-10-18 19:34:30
    In July, I joined a team from Johnson Space Center and elsewhere in investigating the geology of Apollo Valley with rover-deployed scientific instruments. Apollo Valley is a former 1960s Apollo-era astronaut training site at 3,505 meters (11,500 feet) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The project was funded by NASA’s Moon and Mars Analog Mission Activities Program, which [...]

  • Today on New Scientist: 18 October 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-18 18:00:00
    : : Log in Email Password Remember me Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password Register now Activate my subscription Institutional login Athens login close My New Scientist Home News In-Depth Articles Blogs Opinion TV Galleries Topic Guides Last Word Subscribe Dating Look for Science Jobs SPACE TECH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH LIFE PHYSICS MATH SCIENCE IN SOCIETY Cookies Privacy Today on New Scientist : 18 October 2012 18:00 18 October 2012 Today on New Scientist Full text RSS You can now subscribe to the full text of Today on New . Scientist Zoologger : Wolverine frog' fights with retractable spikes The Otton frog has one more finger than other frogs a finger with an extendable spike it uses to stab rivals Wireless meters tell snoopers when you are not home Utility meters widely

  • Felix Baumgartner Space Jumps into History

    Updated: 2012-10-16 19:37:45
    One small step for man, one giant leap for the space tourism industry. On Sunday, October 14, 2012 Felix Baumgartner along with the Red Bull Stratos team accomplished a couple of feats that no man had ever accomplished before. Felix Baumgartner became the first man to jump from space and break the sound barrier during [...]

  • Sarah Brightman prepares for her spaceflight [VIDEO]

    Updated: 2012-10-13 00:08:11

  • Sarah Brightman: First recording artist in space

    Updated: 2012-10-12 23:56:50
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  • WhiteKnightTwo passes test flight 100

    Updated: 2012-10-12 23:48:14
    A series of pilot proficiency flights in September and early October has taken the Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft past test flight 100: WhiteKnightTwo flight test summaries -- Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo’s Pilots: Very Proficient -- Parabolic Arc

  • Vacancy for Chief Executive of UK Space Agency

    Updated: 2012-10-12 22:27:03
    The UK Space Agency has advertised a vacancy for a new Chief Executive:- Vacancy: Chief Executive, UK Space Agency

  • Waste of space? No - waste in space

    Updated: 2012-10-12 22:24:38
    Researchers at the University of Leicester have been involved in an international effort to use Britain's nuclear waste stockpile to produce power sources for interplanetary spacecraft:- Waste of space? No - waste in space -- University of Leicester

  • Strathclyde researcher suggests use of asteroid dust to combat climate change

    Updated: 2012-10-12 22:10:17
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  • NASA, SpaceX join to investigate launch glitch

    Updated: 2012-10-12 20:02:39
    WASHINGTON — A team of experts from NASA and SpaceX will examine what went wrong Sunday when one of nine engines aboard a SpaceX rocket failed during a NASA mission to the International Space Station. The joint investigative team, announced today by NASA and SpaceX, is expected to piece together data from the Falcon 9 launch, [...]

  • Astronauts have an ice cream party

    Updated: 2012-10-11 21:39:20
    The three astronauts on the International Space Station are having ice cream for dessert tonight — and we're not talking about that spongy "astronaut ice cream" stuff. This is the vanilla chocolate-swirl ice cream that was delivered in a research freezer aboard the SpaceX D hellip;

  • SpaceCITI: Towards a UK space launch capability

    Updated: 2012-10-09 00:11:58
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  • Skylon and SABRE: Your questions answered

    Updated: 2012-10-08 23:55:59
    The Engineer magazine posts a Q&A on Skylon and SABRE development where members of the Reaction Engines engineering team respond to readers' questions.

  • IAC 2012: Commercial Space Transportation Initiatives [VIDEO]

    Updated: 2012-10-08 23:53:18
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  • Redundancy Counts

    Updated: 2012-10-08 15:13:32
    SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket keeps on chugging, despite an engine loss.

  • Skylon: A 'Buck Rogers space plane'

    Updated: 2012-10-06 16:57:07
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  • Talk on 'Project Troy' Mars mission at Mars Society UK 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-06 16:40:23
    Talk given by Alan Bond of Reaction Engines at Mars Society UK 2012 meeting:-

  • Interview with Tim Hayter of Reaction Engines

    Updated: 2012-10-06 16:33:48
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  • Virgin Galactic acquires full ownership of The Spaceship Company

    Updated: 2012-10-06 16:29:03
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  • Crash Test TV

    Updated: 2012-10-05 01:34:14
    Destroying a 727 in the name of science, and entertainment.

  • Singer Celebrity Sarah Brightman Pays 51 Million for Space Blast

    Updated: 2012-10-04 19:48:54
    Phantom of the Opera singer and celebrity Sarah Brightman has outbid NASA at $51 million for a trip to space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The trip is to take place in 2014 or 2015. Other wealthy space tourists before her have joined Space Adventures and paid between $20 million and $35 million for [...]

  • Printed Prototypes

    Updated: 2012-10-04 01:36:48
    Aerospace companies find new uses for 3D printers every day.

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