Archive for March, 2014

Winklevoss plus Bitcoins equals Zero G

Winklevoss plus Bitcoins equals Zero G

It has been a wild week in world of digital currency known as bitcoins, beginning with a high profile theft, and culminating with NewsWeeks’s claim that it has identified its enigmatic creator. Somewhere in the middle comes a new piece of evidence that bitcoins may have a future as interplanetary currency. Virgin Galactic has received another […]

Posted in: Space Tourism
The Worf of Wall Streeet

The Worf of Wall Streeet

Words would only get in the way  

SpaceX and ULA Offer Competing Views in Senate Hearing

SpaceX and ULA Offer Competing Views in Senate Hearing

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee held a sub-committee hearing this morning to examine changes taking place in the Department of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program (EELV.) Prior to today’s hearing, the GAO released a report regarding cost accounting in the EELV program, and like a number of prior reports it leaves the clear impression […]

Posted in: EELV
Ukraine Crisis Highlights America’s Propulsion Problem

Ukraine Crisis Highlights America’s Propulsion Problem

An Innerspace Editorial On Wednesday, March 5th, Elon Musk is scheduled to appear before the Defense Sub-committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, for a hearing concerning national security space.  Also on the panel will be Scott Pace, head of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, and Christina Chaplain of the Government Accountability Office.  The hottest […]

The Pull of “Gravity”

The Pull of “Gravity”

Although it did not take home the award for Best Picture, an honor which went to “12 Years a Slave,” and Sandra Bullock missed out on the Best Actress award, the space based movie “Gravity” enjoyed a dominating night at the Academy Awards, winning in seven categories, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. NASA seems […]

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