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We Need Cheaper Access to Space: Can It Be Done?

What's really behind Obama's revised strategy for NASA?  Why is Bolden solidly behind it and convinced that his team, with commercial space partners, can make it happen? 

“I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help”

NASA will be the ideal "Collaborative Customer" for Commercial Space Services as they become available. But what will it require for the Agency to assume that role?

Dramatic Improvements Can Be Made in Spaceflight Safety

Horizontal launch vehicles can utilize aircraft style flight safety characteristics. But risks in these emerging vehicles, especially during development and flight testing, due to rocket propulsion, extreme speeds/altitudes, and aerodynamic heating, warrant a real escape system.

Inside the Big Suborbital Research Tent

The emerging commercial suborbital research community contains an amazingly broad range of stakeholders who need to collaborate for lower-cost space access, resource leveraging, market building, and business success. 

So, Let's Talk About It: The NASA Resources Gap

How can we lower costs for access to space, create a real space economy, and produce jobs for the future?  Let's talk about it. 

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Commercial Space Resources

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"Person Of The Year: The Space Entrepreneur"

Dave Masten (Masten Space Systems) and Jeff Greason (XCOR) are interviewed by Aviation Week to represent their innovative emerging industry.   Photo compliments of "eSpace", the Center for Space Entreprenership. 

Solar Power Satellites

The latest issue of the "Online Journal of Space Communication" is devoted to Solar Power Satellites. "Evidence is building that 2010 will be the year this turns from an idea to the beginning of reality."

New Course for Space Exploration Promotes Private Firms | WSJ

The Obama administration appears to be charting a new course for U.S. space exploration by promoting use of private companies to transport astronauts and ramping up international cooperation.

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