Comments on: Galactic Suite “on schedule”?

By: Spanish GLXP pushes back launch to 2015 « NewSpace Journal

Spanish GLXP pushes back launch to 2015 « NewSpace Journal — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:13:19 +0000

[…] The team, in its blog posts, hasn’t disclosed many details about the development of its rover, beyond it being a four-wheel design with at least a minimal payload to comply with the GLXP requirements to send video and image “Mooncasts” after landing. Barcelona Moon Team is affiliated with Galactic Suite, a company that has announced plans to develop commercial space stations for space tourism but has appeared to make little concrete progress in recent years (in 2009, for example, the company claimed to be on schedule to start flying customers in 2012.) […]

By: masonstorm

masonstorm — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:17:57 +0000

I think this is one of the few times imo when privatization is a really good idea. Whether we think itâ€™s necessary or not, we need to continue to develop new forms of space travel and technology to facilitate it. What the ppl whose only argument is â€œwe have too many problems down here to be worrying about this,â€ they fail to understand the two most important implications of aeronautical research. The first is for national defenseâ€¦ itâ€™s bad enough that nasa has to rely on Russia to ferry them to the ISS. If we keep going at this rate, our disadvantage will only grow as they continue to develop new technologies in their space program while we pump the brakes on ours. Is air and space superiority something you really want the Russians to have? It doesnâ€™t seem like a good idea for any one country to have, let alone one whom we have a sketchy history with. The second is that with aeronautical research comes a flood of new technologies, most of which are very applicable to us down on earth. For example, if it wasnâ€™t for nasa, we wouldnâ€™t have the chips that we use for non-invasive biopsies, solar energy, and a whole litany of other things (http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html#Top has a good number of inventions that most of us donâ€™t know came from our space program). And if youâ€™re one of those ppl that are so skeptical (or cynical imo) that you still donâ€™t think that any of the things on this list warrant a larger investment in a privatized space industry, just remember that while you sleep at night, you most likely have nasa to thank for that, too. If you use any type of home security system, chances are they use infrared and laser technology that came out of nasaâ€™s research (just look at the adt home security infrared camera page. They even admit that the technology came from nasa!)

By: Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales

Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:40 +0000

I know Xavier Claramunt personally, all this Galactic Suite talk has nothing to do with Space and very much to do with the current housing and construction crisis in Spain. Xavier and his associates need to raise their profile as architects and do so by feeding the media baseless stories. Not one of their claims stands scrutiny. They claim to be a google xprize team, but they do not show up at the team page. It is all a mixture of plagiarizing and sheer incomptenence. They give a bad name to real space entrepreneurs.
Cheers from Barcelona

By: Dave Salt

Dave Salt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:56 +0000

I had an e-mail exchange with this organisation about a year ago and was a bit surprised to find their reply was caught by my spam filter. This was the only instance I’ve ever had of a genuine e-mail being trapped in this way, so it naturally raised my suspicions about them.

Unfortunately, nothing I’ve seen or read since has allayed my concerns. The only way I could see them fielding an operational facility by 2012 is if they buy one from the Russians, like Excalibur Almaz. However, I see no real evidence of this and so remain highly skeptical of this venture.