On June 3rd, the Moscow Times reported on a new development in Space Adventure’s plan to launch two tourists on a voyage around the Moon. Having scored notable success as the first and only company to arrange tourist, or “space flight participant” trips to the International Space Station, Space Adventures has been promoting the lunar […]
Equating a product with the Apollo program and America’s signature accomplishment in the Moon landing is hardly unusual, and in this regard Cadillac is no different. A new commercial featuring actor Neal McDonough as a hard driving, over achieving American seems to mirror the current Administration’s somewhat ambivalent attitude towards the Moon. When the White […]
A team of software engineers took part in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session today. For those who don’t have a clue what writing software code is actually like, (guilty) you still won’t after following the link, but the question and answer session provides an entertaining, funny and informative look into the work environment at the one company […]
Source: space.com The Golden Spike Company announced last week that it has selected Northrop Grumman to conduct a design trade for the lunar lander which would be required to bring about its vision of privately conducted manned trips to the Moon. The construction of the actual lander would come after a competition in which the defense giant might not necessarily be the […]
Yesterday, the Golden Spike Company presented its plan for a return to the Moon beginning perhaps as early as the end of this decade. The technical aspects of the plan, and that’s all it really is at the moment, is described in some detail in this document, posted on the Goldenspikecompany.com website. Coming as it does both […]
Once again injecting themselves into the ongoing debate about the future of the space agency, former NASA greats sent a letter to Frank Wolfe supporting an immediate selection of a single commercial crew provider. The letter itself is so full of qualifications that it gives the distinct impression the writers are not all that sure […]
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