X Prize plus four years

Saturday is, of course, the 51st anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the canonical beginning of the Space Age. It’s also the fourth anniversary of the winning of the $10-million Ansari X Prize by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, the Paul Allen-funded effort by Scaled Composites that resulted in SpaceShipOne and White Knight. This has been a […]

Maybe it was because of the company name

From SPACE.com: “Virgin Galactic Rejects Million-Dollar Offer to Film Sex Video”. Even if you don’t click through to the full article, the headline gives you the gist of the situation. I’m not surprised Virgin turned them down, but I suspect at some point another company will say yes—although whether five minutes of weightlessness would make […]

See me on TV! (Offer valid for Maryland residents only.)

If you live in Maryland, or through some quirk of the airwaves or cable/satellite system manage to get access to Maryland Public Television, you have an opportunity to see me talk about space tourism Thursday night. Earlier this week I was interviewed for a segment of “Your Money and Business” on the topic for the […]