An article posted on the web site of Oklahoma City TV station KSBI offers a revelation: “Space tourism isn’t necessarily out of the question”. The reason it isn’t out of the question, the article explains, is that while orbital flights to the ISS may cost $20 million, people can get a suborbital flight for about […]
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Rocketplane Kistler announced late last week that it has teamed up with Alenia Spazio North America to work on cargo containers that could be used on commercial ISS resupply missions. (The Rocketplane press release about the agreement is not on either the Rocketplane or Kistler Aerospace; free registration is required to read the article in […] By now you’ve probably heard that NASA has shortlisted a half-dozen companies (that we know about, at least) for further consideration in its Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) program for ISS resupply. According to MSNBC and other sources, the six companies that got the nod from NASA are Andrews Space, Rocketplane Kistler, SpaceDev, SPACEHAB, SpaceX, […] A brief piece by Lunar Enterprise Daily asks this question: “What Does Leading Suborbital Spaceflight Company Want to Be Called Now?” Before wondering if Virgin Galactic is planning a name change, the article is actually referring to Rocketplane Ltd.—or is it Rocketplane Kistler? Since the announcement earlier this year that Rocketplane and Kistler Aerospace would […] There were a lot of good presentations Friday at the Space Access ’06 conference in Phoenix, although not necessarily a lot of breaking news. Given limited time (plus the fact that the wireless network in the conference room was down most of the day) I’ll for the moment provide some brief highlights: Rick Homans, secretary […] At Space Access ’06 Thursday afternoon, Sam Dinkin offered an update on the progress of SpaceShot, which launched its skill-game contest for Rocketplane seats earlier this month. A few highlights: He said that he has a patent pending on SpaceShot’s “asycnhronous” single-elimination tournament concept, which allows people to enter at any time, waiting until a […] A pair of articles in Sunday’s edition of the Wichita Eagle discuss the connections between Rocketplane and Wichita and the Oklahoma Spaceport. The Learjet that Rocketplane is converting into its XP spaceplane was built in Wichita, and some of Rocketplane’s employees previously worked for aerospace companies in the Kansas city. Even David Urie, Rocketplane’s executive […] Rocketplane Ltd. have a shot out to Space Shot in a press release yesterday, congratulating the gaming company on its debut. Of course, SpaceShot contestants are competing to win tickets for Rocketplane flights, so you’d expect a congratulatory note. MSNBC’s Alan Boyle follows up with SpaceShot’s Sam Dinkin in a blog post, and finds that […] Speaking of Rocketplane, I have an article about the company’s first microgravity research customer, a Japanese organization called HASTIC (Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center), in this week’s issue of The Space Review. This got a little attention back in February when HASTIC officials were honored by the Oklahoma legislature, but after talking with […] For months attention (and a little bit of ridicule) has focused on plans in the Wisconsin State Legislature to create a state aerospace authority charged primary with developing a state spaceport for commercial spacecraft, such as in the lakeshore town of Sheboygan. The bill has passed both houses of the state legislature and is expected […] |
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