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Spy Satellite Companies Form Space Monopoly | Danger Room
Earlier this year, the spy satellite industry was hit hard by defense budget cuts.Scientists have proposed using pulsars - 'cosmic lighthouses' - as a way of navigating future space missions.
Cosmic lighthouses will guide spaceships through the Galaxy
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Spaceport America is billed as the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
port's Construction Heralds Era of Commercial Space Travel | Spaceport America in New Mexico | Commercial & Private Spaceflight Industry
Updates on SpaceX and Orbital’s COTS progress « NewSpace Journal
Much of the attention commercial spaceflight has been getting recently has been focused on NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program, including, as noted here, concerns about contracting mechanisms for future phases of the program .
"Spirit of Pennsylvania" First B-2 To Receive Insignia Of Global Strike Command
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Britain launches first space agency
Britain launched its own space agency Tuesday with the help of home-grown astronaut Major Timothy Peake, aimed at boosting the country's multi-billion-pound space technology industry.
Astrium signs up for Next Gen Launcher High Thrust Engine
Astrium, Europe's leading space company, continues to prepare Europe's future propulsion technology by signing a euros 60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the joint propulsion team consortium, Avio SpA (Italy) and SNECMA (SAFRAN Group) (France). The contract is part of ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP).TSS (Tethered Satellite System)
Having finished writing about the space elevator , I am moving on to another spacelaunch method in this new article in the non-rocket spacelaunch series . Tether propulsion consists in using long, very strong cables (known as tethers) to change the velocity of spacecraft and payloads.
Tether propulsion
The use of tethers in space poses many challenges and safety issues. This third part to the tether propulsion article will focus on those issues. A lot of the challenges and safety issues of a space tether system are similar to those of a space elevator described in a previous article , but some are unique to the space tether concept.
Tether propulsion safety issues
Tether propulsion in fiction
This is the fourth and final part of the tether propulsion article of the non-rocket spacelaunch methods article series. This post will focus on references to the tether propulsion concept in fiction. The most prominent science fiction novels on the subject include:
Tether satellite missions
This is the second part to the article about tether propulsion .Space Elevator
Earth is not the only planet that could have a space elevator .
Extraterrestrial Space Elevator Concepts
This is the fourth and final part of the space elevator article of the non-rocket spacelaunch methods article series.
Space Elevators in Fiction
This is the second part to the article about the space elevator .
Space Elevator - Safety Issues
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Advantages and Difficulties of a Launch Loop
This is the second part to the article on the launch loop from the non-rocket spacelaunch series.Future Technologies
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