SpaceX triumph opens door to commercial space travel

Source: WXII Greensboro

SpaceX made history Friday as the first private company to successfully reach an orbiting space station -- but its competitors aren't far behind. Blue Origin, the commercial space outfit founded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, ...
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SpaceX orbital mission: Just the beginning

Source: CNN

As SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule rockets toward its hookup Friday with the International Space Station, the competition is closing in fast. Blue Origin , the commercial space outfit founded by Amazon. ...
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XCOR LOX piston pump ready for space flights

Source: HobbySpace

XCOR has released the following announcement: May 24th, 2012, Mojave CA: XCOR announced today that it has achieved a key technical milestone with its flight weight rocket piston pump hardware. XCOR engineers have ...
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Space Harvesting of Antimatter Might Fuel Starships

Source: Discovery News

Over the coming decades there will be increasing discussion about sending robotic interstellar probes to nearby stars. The discovery and cataloging of inhabited planets within just a few light-years of Earth will p ...
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Proven friction stir welding technology brings together reliability and affordability for NASA's space launch system

Source: Science Daily

ScienceDaily (May 21, 2012) NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding uses frictional heating ...
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Kip Hawley, Permanent Emergency: Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of Security

Source: Firedoglake

Thanks Bev and Bruce for hosting. Looking forward to the discussion! – Kip Hi Kip, thanks for being here today. Kip, your book has the first coherent explanation of the liquid ban I have ever read. For the benefit of those who have not read the book ...
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NASA to use Delta IV stage for early Orion missions

Source: Florida Today

The anticipation began building well before 4 a.m.- 3:10 pm About three times more rain than normal has fallen in Melbourne this month, according to weather...- 6:17 am The staff of the Palm Bay Public Library was shocked to find that someone stole about ...
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