At Forbes, time is a relative concept

Forbes.com posted today a review of Michael Belfiore’s book Rocketeers published earlier this summer. Or, at least, the review is time-stamped October 2, 2007, at 3:24 pm Eastern time. The review’s lede: “At California’s Mojave Airport last week, an explosion killed three and critically injured two.” Last week? That accident took place over two months […]

Ansari: the difficulties of being a female space tourist

Getting accepted by the training staff at Star City was a particular challenge of Anousheh Ansari in her bid to fly in space, she said in an interview with the Collegiate Times, the campus newspaper of Virginia Tech, where Ansari spoke last night. Ansari explained that the staff at Star City was not used to […]

Checking in with Galactic Suite

Since Galactic Suite formally announced their plans in August to develop a space hotel by 2012, generating a burst of publicity as well as unanswered questions about their funding, schedule, transportation options, and the like, they have kept a low profile. ArabianBusiness.com has an interview with project director Xavier Claramunt today with a bit of […]

Garriott’s company not funding space flight

When Space Adventures announced that Richard Garriott going to fly to the ISS next October and with some commercial sponsors, some wondered whether his employer, Korean computer gaming company NCSoft, would be helping pay for the trip. Not so, the company told the Korea Times on Monday. “It is a personal affair (of Garriott). We […]