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By: Virgin Galactic changes fuels as it prepares for its next round of test flights « NewSpace Journal

Sat, 24 May 2014 06:25:06 +0000

[…] The HTPB technology came from Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) via its acquisition several years ago of SpaceDev, the company that manufactured the hybrid motors that powered SpaceShipOne on its suborbital spaceflights in 2004. Whitesides said Virgin Galactic started work on the plastic fuel as early as 2009, through Scaled. (Former Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn talked about developing a motor that burned bylon during the dedication of Spaceport America’s runway in October 2010.) […]

By: Virgin joins forces with two companies on CCDev « NewSpace Journal

Virgin joins forces with two companies on CCDev « NewSpace Journal — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:51:02 +0000

[…] in October, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson surprised some people when he said that the company “is going to put forward proposals” for NASA’s Commercial Crew Develop… and “plan to start work on an orbital program quite quickly”. Today, Virgin confirmed […]

By: The Dodransbicentiquasihebdomadibus Carnival of Space - Out of the Cradle

The Dodransbicentiquasihebdomadibus Carnival of Space - Out of the Cradle — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:23:14 +0000

[…] in space. The NewSpace Journal has the roundup of both days. They also have coverage from the Spaceport America dedication that was just up the […]