Comments on: What can Florida, Indiana, and others learn from Oklahoma? http://www.newspacejournal.com/2010/01/17/what-can-florida-indiana-and-others-learn-from-oklahoma/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Tanner http://www.newspacejournal.com/2010/01/17/what-can-florida-indiana-and-others-learn-from-oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-430547 Brian Tanner Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:28:09 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1106#comment-430547 Certainly I wish the best to Oklahoma's Space Port. There have been a number of obstacles to the Space Ports' Network and some of the early years brought uncertainty and no real direction. I think what you see today is a much more organized effort to link and collaborate the network which will bring opportunity for industry and private citizens to engage with activities. At Space Port Indiana, we have been working on an Air Space Management System (ASMS) that will be very robust and help create safe environments for commercial, private and scientific research collaboration. The ability for all airspace users to exist and conduct business without economic or policy barriers is just one successful milestone that pushes this new frontier across the finish line. Certainly I wish the best to Oklahoma’s Space Port. There have been a number of obstacles to the Space Ports’ Network and some of the early years brought uncertainty and no real direction. I think what you see today is a much more organized effort to link and collaborate the network which will bring opportunity for industry and private citizens to engage with activities. At Space Port Indiana, we have been working on an Air Space Management System (ASMS) that will be very robust and help create safe environments for commercial, private and scientific research collaboration. The ability for all airspace users to exist and conduct business without economic or policy barriers is just one successful milestone that pushes this new frontier across the finish line.

]]> By: Doug Messier http://www.newspacejournal.com/2010/01/17/what-can-florida-indiana-and-others-learn-from-oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-430530 Doug Messier Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:23:44 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1106#comment-430530 Khourie also mentioned a possible point-to-point collaboration with Spaceport America (in the video). That would be an interesting proof-of-concept, although the destination may not thrill may people (Oklahoma!). And that illustrates a practical limitation of SpaceShipTwo: for dead-stick landings, you need airports without a whole lot of traffic. I would think it would be difficult to bring them into the crowded skies over LAX or McCarren if you can't waive them off for another landing. Maybe there are ways to do it, but it could be a challenge. I'm told that people who evaluated Rocketplane thought it had the best potential for point-to-point because if its engines. If they ever got the vehicles built, they would fly between Hawaiian islands, which I think would be a spectacular view. Khourie also mentioned a possible point-to-point collaboration with Spaceport America (in the video). That would be an interesting proof-of-concept, although the destination may not thrill may people (Oklahoma!).

And that illustrates a practical limitation of SpaceShipTwo: for dead-stick landings, you need airports without a whole lot of traffic. I would think it would be difficult to bring them into the crowded skies over LAX or McCarren if you can’t waive them off for another landing.
Maybe there are ways to do it, but it could be a challenge.

I’m told that people who evaluated Rocketplane thought it had the best potential for point-to-point because if its engines. If they ever got the vehicles built, they would fly between Hawaiian islands, which I think would be a spectacular view.

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