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- Claim: Climate Damage Caused by Growing Space Tourism Needs Urgent Mitigation Sun, 26 Jun 22, 3:00pmThe team found that black carbon (soot) particles emitted by rockets are almost 500 times more efficient at holding heat in the atmosphere than all other sources of soot combined (surface and aircraft) – resulting in an...
- The world's first space hotel could launch by 2022 Sat, 7 Apr 18, 3:38amWe've all heard of the companies promising to launch humans on trips to space, but have you thought about where you will stay once you get there? Startup Orion Span thinks they have the answer - and they're planning to launch...
- Blue Origin unveils interior images of capsule to transport tourists to outer space Thu, 30 Mar 17, 10:58pmThe day when tourists venture to space could arrive sooner than we think. Blue Origin - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company - just unveiled images of the interior of their New Shepard capsule that could transport travelers...
- NASA’s amazing travel posters will get you pumped for space exploration Sat, 13 Feb 16, 1:00amIf NASA’s recently released space travel prints seem familiar, you may be remembering the work by JPL’s creative studio released last year. In 2015, The Studio at JPL created five “Exoplanet Travel Bureau” posters...
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is the first to land a rocket intact upon return from space Thu, 26 Nov 15, 2:00amAmazon's Jeff Bezos has achieved a world first this week -- sending a rocket 62 miles (100 km) into space and landing it safely on the ground, upright, fully intact, and ready to be re-used...
- Thoth Technology patents 12-mile-high inflatable space elevator Fri, 14 Aug 15, 11:35pmThe hardest part about space travel is actually getting to space. Tearing through Earth's atmosphere and escaping its gravitational pull requires a huge amount of fuel – and money – to be successful. A Canadian...
- Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum May be the First Couple to Travel to Mars Sat, 12 Jul 14, 2:08amLong road trips can quickly turn into a nightmare for many couples, but what happens when partners are stuck with each other in a confined environment for six to eight months? That's what Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum...
- World View Balloon Will Take Space Tourists 19 Miles Above Earth for $75K Thu, 24 Oct 13, 2:30amSpace tourism may soon be within arms reach with World View’s high altitude helium balloon. For a cool $75,000, passengers will be able to spend several hours taking in views of the Earth from 100,000 feet up, just beyond...
- Virgin Galactic’s First Rocket-Powered Flight Breaks Speed Of Sound Thu, 2 May 13, 6:00amSir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic - the world’s first commercial spaceline - just announced that its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) successfully conducted its first rocket-powered flight...
- Spaceport Sweden Annouce Plans to Provide Commercial Space Flights Within the Decade Wed, 19 Dec 12, 2:07amSpaceport Sweden has announced plans to offer commercial space flights within the decade. Located in the small Arctic town of Kiruna, Spaceport Sweden aims to provide tourists with two-hour trips aboard a craft that will...
- Virgin Galactic Space Tourism Flights To Start Next Year — But What’s The Environmental Cost? Wed, 18 Jul 12, 2:25amThere has been a lot of debate about the merits of space tourism over the last few years. Some see it as a luxury for the super-rich, others an opportunity to go where only a lucky few have gone before — but one thing...
- The Startram Maglev Train Could Make Space Travel Cheaper & More Efficient Wed, 14 Mar 12, 6:56amSpace travel is a costly and inefficient process. Not only does it take a large amount of fuel to send the lightest payload into orbit (the Space Shuttle used over one million pounds of solid propellant to power its rocket...
- Japanese Company Announces Plans to Build 20,000-Mile-High Space Elevator by 2050 Fri, 24 Feb 12, 7:22amScientists have long considered the possibility of creating ultra-tall space elevators that stretch beyond the earth’s atmosphere to transport satellites and shuttles into outer space without the cost and environmental...
- Oscar Vinals’ XLDron Zero Gravity Rocket Plane Concept Launches Tourists Into Space Wed, 14 Dec 11, 12:16amVirgin Galactic recently started taking reservations for the first mass tourist trips into space; now designer Oscar Vinals envisions a way to make space tourism possible for the day tripper, with the XLDron Zero Gravity...
- Foster + Partners Officially Launch Virgin Galactic Gateway Spaceport Wed, 19 Oct 11, 6:58amRead the rest of Foster + Partners Officially Launch Virgin Galactic Gateway Spaceport Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", energy efficient, Environmentally Friendly, Foster + Partners, Foster...