New Mexico Space Port
The State of New Mexico is getting ready to put in a Space Port with an Industrial park to help usher in the new age of commercial space endeavors. Meanwhile the FAA has proposed new legislation for SpaceFlight Rules, which is being discussed.Burt Rutan"s SpaceShip One recently won the X-Prize for getting into space and so far the new venture to take tourists into space already has over 38,000 people signed up to go with deposits. The cost to be taken into space is only about $200,000 and many...
Article added: 2009-03-17 06:28:52 Article Views Rating: 471
Space Radiation the Big Killer
The future of space flight, exploration and even the future of commercialization of space for space mining, space tourism and research depend on solving one very important issue. Space Radiation. Once outside Earth"s atmosphere we are no longer protected from the bombardment of X-rays, Gamma Rays and Space Radiation.Going into space as a space tourist would be a once in a lifetime event indeed; but surely you do not want to make it the last thing you ever do. After all you want to be able to come...
Article added: 2009-02-08 20:12:14 Article Views Rating: 2869
Space Junk: Eliminate it Now
For future space exploration we have to worry about many things such as radiation. But there are now man-made problems in space too. You see, space Junk is a huge problem and there needs to be new protocols to keep it to a minimum. All Nations with space programs and commercial space enterprises must agree on this if they are operating in areas above very low-Earth orbits.Low orbit space debris will find its way back into the atmosphere and burn up, however we do have tons of space debris up there now...
Article added: 2008-12-22 08:47:23 Article Views Rating: 324
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