The Privatization of Space Exploration.
The Privatization of Space Exploration Lewis D. Solomon Transaction Books 300 McGaw Drive-Raritan Center, Edison, NJ 08837 9781412807593, $39.95, www.transactionpub.com 1-888-999-6778 THE PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION: BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND POLICY is a pick for any college-level collection strong...

Out of this WORLD McMinnville museum opens a new building dedicated to space exploration.
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard If you build it, the space shuttle will come. That's the hope at the Evergreen Aviation Museum, which is opening the doors to its new space museum on Friday, and will henceforth be known as the Evergreen Aviation & Space...

GCP Congratulates NASA Glenn on Completion and Shipment of Ares I-X Upper Stage Simulator, Thanks Ohio Congressional Delegation for Support.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Glenn Research Center's (GRC) shipment of 11 Ares I-X Upper Stage Simulator segments to the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida is an important reminder that GRC both exemplifies Northeast Ohio's leadership in innovative technology and serves as a major contributor to the...

PlanetSpace Adds Boeing to Lockheed Martin/ATK Team for NASA ISS Commercial Resupply Services Bid.
Team Provides a Highly Reliable and Cost Effective End-to-end Cargo Servicing Capability by 2011, Creating 350 New Jobs in Florida and adding $300 million to the Florida economy Plans to Use Florida's New Commercial Launch Pad CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PlanetSpace announced...

Aerospace & Defense News - Space.
Sep 8, 2008 Industry proposals for orbital complexes, Moon and Mars landers and a rocket capable of putting 50,000kg (110,000lb) into low-Earth orbit have emerged for a European Space Agency exploration reference architecture. At ESA's 7-8 July architecture review meeting European industry detailed ideas that could inform...

Boeing Secures Space Station Contract Extension.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-6 October 2008-Boeing Secures Space Station Contract Extension(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Boeing Company was awarded a $650 million sole-source contract from NASA to continue to deliver and integrate the remaining components and software for the International Space Station (ISS). During...

50 years in space: what's next for NASA?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NASA has blasted more than 250 astronauts into space. It has rocketed robot spacecraft to distant planets, and even launched, or sent, U.S. astronauts to live on the International Space Station. But the best is still to come, NASA officials say. As the...

50 years ago, we dreamed of space ...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NASA was created in 1958 to turn the dream of human space travel, into reality. Within three years, we sent a human into space. In 1969, U.S. astronauts planted a flag on the moon. Today, NASA has rovers on Mars, scientists conducting experiments...

Aerospace & Defense News - Space.
Sep 1, 2008 A scale-model plasma rocket engine that is to be tested at the International Space Station could be delivered in 2012 by a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program launch system. Houston, Texas-based AdAstraRocket's ISS Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasimir) test article will...