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Private industry in space a risky, slow business: experts Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 
NASA's plan for the private sector to build spacecraft to fly astronauts to the International Space Station is a high-risk undertaking that won't show results for years, experts said.
The abrupt shift "harnesses our nation's entrepreneurial energies, and will create thousands of new jobs," the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said in a statement issued as the budget for th ... read moreISRO Should Take Steps To Reduce Cost Of Payload 
Irinjalakuda, India (PTI) Feb 01, 2010Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday said ISRO should take steps to bring down the cost of the payload of a space craft from $2,000 per kg now. "One of the main challenges before the space agency was to bring down considerably the cost of the payload from its existing price," Mr. Kalam said in his inaugural address at a reception accorded to ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan at his n ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Russia working on new booster rocket
Moscow (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 The design for a new booster rocket for the next generation of Russian manned spacecraft should be completed in August, an official said Tuesday. The Progress design bureau in Samara, Space Corp. Energia and the Makeyev missile design facility are collaborating on the Rus-M booster rocket, RIA Novosti reported. The new manned spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2017. "The work ... more Towards Self-Reliance In Launch Vehicle Technology 
Delhi, India (PTI) Jan 25, 2010GSLV Mk-III, is the most powerful rocket to be built by ISRO, will make India totally self-reliant in launch vehicle technology for launching INSAT class of communication satellites which are now being put in orbit for India by the European launcher Ariane-5. "Towards sustained self-reliance in accessing space, GSLV Mk-III, the next generation launch vehicle," announces a stylish poster on ... more India Soon To Become Self-Reliant In Cryogenic Propulsion Technology 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 19, 2010India is getting ready to launch Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenously developed cryogenic engine, said Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman. Dr. Radhakrishnan was talking to reporters at Sabarimala Sannidhanam during his 47th pilgrimage to Lord Ayyappa Temple there on Sunday. He said ISRO is planning to test GSLV-D3 carr ... more Russia explores atomic space engine
Moscow (UPI) Jan 11, 2009 Russia is preparing to develop a nuclear-propelled spacecraft to maintain a competitive edge in the global space race, officials said. Nearly $17 million has been earmarked for research this year by Rosatom, the state nuclear corporation, and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, RIA Novosti reported Monday. The design stage is to be completed by 2012 and at least another $580 mil ... more |
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The VSE Booster Switch
Honolulu HI (SPX) May 21, 2006It's always amusing and sometimes frustrating to see NASA doing something I have suggested in these columns - usually after wasting millions of dollars and years of time on another option. Exactly that has happened with the boosters being designed as part of NASA's plan for manned missions to the Moon and Mars. Over two years ago I wrote about "Shuttle-derived" launch vehicles and concluded: "Any heavy-lift booster based on the failed technology of the Space Shuttle will certainly be too expensive and dangerous ... more Indonesia says sorry for firing test rocket into house 
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 29, 2010The Indonesian government has apologised to a woman who lost her leg when a military rocket slammed into her house after a test launch, an official said Friday. Initially reported as falling safely in a prawn farm, officials now admit the experimental Indonesian-made missile hit a house in Lumajang district of East Java province on Wednesday. The 50-year-old woman's leg was amputated whi ... more New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Dec 28, 2009University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer. Previous Australian experimental flight tests of scramjets, a type of very fast jet engine, have not lasted longer than five seconds. The tests, conducted at Woomera in South Australia over the past eight years, have used scramjet engines made of conventional materials which have problems with extreme heat including melting, and are not designed for re-use. ... more Milt Thompson's Wild Ride 
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009Ominous black smoke rose over California's high desert on a crisp, cold December morning in 1962, and there was no sign of a parachute. Della Mae Bowling, the pilot's office secretary at NASA's Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, was crying as fire trucks raced across the vast expanse of Rogers Dry Lake toward the crash scene. But Bowling and others were to learn that what ... more |
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