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First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 1 reports

News Briefs 22-05-2013

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Pacman , born May 22nd. It's that kind of universe.The nine circles of Hell from Dante's Inferno , recreated in LEGO. The original New York Times obituary for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Photograph of Sir Arthur's spirit , by his ... [Published Daily Grail - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, Space Tourism, Greenland

First reported 44 mins ago - Updated 44 mins ago - 1 reports

Virgin Group

Kiwis fork out over $200k for Virgin space flights

Kiwi travellers are snapping up the chance to experience a trip of a lifetime.Eight New Zealanders have forked out more than $200,000 each to book a place on the world's first commercial space flights.Tickets are being sold through House of Travel at ... [Published ONE News - 44 mins ago]

Entities: Virgin Group, Speed of Sound, Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

XCOR Aerospace

U.S. Space Tech Conference & Expo focuses on commercial space flight

The three-day U.S. Space Tech Conference and Expo kicked off at the Long Beach Convention Center in California on Tuesday with focuses on the future of commercial space flight.The debut of Lynx, the piloted two-seat reusable spacecraft developed by XCOR ... [Published Zecco - 14 hours ago]

Entities: NASA, XCOR Aerospace, John PALMER, United States, Space Tourism

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

Despite DC budget woes, NASA still deserves support

By JEFF CARR galvestondailynews.comThe Citizens for Space Exploration, a multistate grass roots organization established to keep NASA’s exploration programs funded is in Washington, D.C., this week, making its best case to the 113th Congress.They’ll remind ... [Published Galveston County Daily News - May 21 2013]

Entities: NASA, Space Exploration, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences Corporation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Outer Space Comes Closer To A Regime ? Analysis

The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBMs) in Outer Space Activities is an important United Nations (UN) platform for space security. The UN had established the present GGE in 2011 and during July ... [Published Eurasia Review - May 21 2013]

Entities: Space Situational Awareness, United Nations, Space Tourism, Space Weather, South Korea

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Futures imperfect

?We don?t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.??Lynda Barry At the risk of over-generalizing, there are two broad points of view among space enthusiasts about the future of American human spaceflight. One group looks ... [Published Space Review - May 21 2013]

Entities: Human Spaceflight, Alfonso Cuarn, Neill Blomkamp, Space Travel

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Virgin Galactic

Prepare for lift-off

The first powered flight of Virgin Galactic's spaceship has brought space tourism a step closer: passengers could be on board next yearIt sounds like something from science fiction. But billionaire businessman Richard Branson's dream of taking tourists ... [Published Times Education Supplement - May 21 2013]

Entities: Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson, Cosmonaut, Sputnik 1

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

How space tourism could help save planet Earth

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Opening spaceflight up to the masses could help spark a global conservation ethic that stems the tide of environmental destruction on Earth, NASA 's science chief says. ... [Published Mother Nature Network - May 20 2013]

Entities: Space Tourism, Space Travel, NASA

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

How Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth

Grunsfeld is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five space shuttle missions from 1995 to 2009, including three that serviced the space agency's iconic Hubble Space Telescope. He reported the view looking down changed dramatically from his initial flight ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 20 2013]

Entities: Space Tourism, Planet Earth, XCOR Aerospace, Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo, Cosmonaut

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth

Opening spaceflight up to the masses could help spark a global conservation ethic that stems the tide of environmental destruction on Earth, NASA's science chief says. Seeing our fragile Earth hanging alone in the blackness of space tends to ... [Published Mashable! - May 20 2013]

Entities: Space Tourism, Planet Earth, John Grunsfeld, NASA

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Black Carbon

Is it a problem for suborbital spaceflight? The article says “space tourism,” but there will be a lot more applications than that. The problem is that, like most “climate science,” we don’t really know. But if it is an issue, […] ↓ Read the rest of this ... [Published Transterrestrial Musings - May 17 2013]

Entities: Black Carbon, Space Tourism, Space Travel

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Black carbon casts doubt on space tourism

Will black carbon cause the death of space tourism before it has taken off?One way of marketing space tourism is the proud declaration that it can be more eco-friendly than your typical flight from London to New York. Virgin Galactic uses this byline ... [Published SmartPlanet - May 16 2013]

Entities: Black Carbon, Space Tourism, Stratosphere, XCOR Aerospace, Virgin Galactic

Quotes

"I will be going up on the first flight, which I hope will be about December 25th of this year. So maybe I'll dress up as father Christmas" he told a radio station in Abu Dhabi

Kiwis fork out over $200k for Virgin space flights [Published ONE News - 44 mins ago]

"With NASA focused on deep space missions, private U S companies are likely to operate most flights between Earth and the International Space Station, promising to save NASA money and bring millions of dollars to American enterprises" said Guy Harris, conference director of Space Tech Expo

U.S. Space Tech Conference & Expo focuses on commercial space flight [Published Zecco - 14 hours ago]

"The reality is, and Virgin Galactic will say the same thing: They'll fly the first passengers when it's safe to fly," he said. "If he thinks that's Dec. 25, well, he knows if they can do that because it's his company."

Branson announces plans for Christmas launch from spaceport [Published Las Cruces Sun-News - 17 hours ago]

"I suppose that will enlarge more and more interest, and people will see more ways to make money in space" Millis reported

Boldly Go? Can Humanity Afford ‘Star Trek’-Like Space Exploration? [Published The Oregon Herald - May 21 2013]

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News Briefs 22-05-2013 [Published Daily Grail - 23 mins ago]
Kiwis fork out over $200k for Virgin space flights [Published ONE News - 44 mins ago]
U.S. Space Tech Conference & Expo focuses on co... [Published Zecco - 14 hours ago]
Branson announces plans for Christmas launch fr... [Published Las Cruces Sun-News - 17 hours ago]
Boldly Go? Can Humanity Afford ‘Star Trek’-Like... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 21 2013]
Despite DC budget woes, NASA still deserves sup... [Published Galveston County Daily News - May 21 2013]
Outer Space Comes Closer To A Regime ? Analysis [Published Eurasia Review - May 21 2013]
Futures imperfect [Published Space Review - May 21 2013]
Review: Mission to Mars [Published Space Review - May 21 2013]
Prepare for lift-off [Published Times Education Supplement - May 21 2013]
Boldy Go? Can Humanity Afford ‘Star Trek’-Like ... [Published Space.com - May 20 2013]
How space tourism could help save planet Earth [Published Mother Nature Network - May 20 2013]
How Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth [Published The Oregon Herald - May 20 2013]
Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth [Published Mashable! - May 20 2013]
How Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth [Published Space.com - May 19 2013]
The Week In Numbers: Fire In Space, The First C... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - May 17 2013]
Black Carbon [Published Transterrestrial Musings - May 17 2013]
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Sub... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
Universities across the country booking space f... [Published Bay News 9 - May 17 2013]
Universities booking flights to space; experts ... [Published U.S. Senator Bill Nelson - May 17 2013]
Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for sim... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 17 2013]
Future of the space tourism industry [Published Senator Bill Nelson - YouTube Channel - May 16 2013]
Black carbon casts doubt on space tourism [Published SmartPlanet - May 16 2013]
Space Tourism's Black Carbon Problem [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - May 16 2013]
How soon before another Canadian follows Hadfie... [Published CBC - May 16 2013]
CIS humanitarian cooperation draft plan for 201... [Published Belta - May 16 2013]
Space Tourism's Black Carbon Problem [Published Popular Science - May 16 2013]
Virgin Galactic to transform satellite comms [Published CommsMEA - May 16 2013]
CITY INTERVIEW: Avanti boldly goes on expansion... [Published This Is Money - May 15 2013]
Christmas Day lift-off into space for Virgin Ga... [Published UAE Interact - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth [Published Mashable! - May 20 2013] Opening spaceflight up to the masses could help spark a global conservation ethic that stems the tide of environmental destruction on Earth, NASA's science chief says. Seeing our fragile Earth hanging alone in the blackness of space tends to ...
Editor's Letter: Welcome to May [Published Engadget - May 03 2013] In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.A bit of a lull this week ahead of what is shaping up to be an insane May -- and perhaps an even crazier June. We have events stacked three-deep at times, with industry ones ...
The Engadget Interview: Sir Richard Branson on ... [Published Engadget - May 02 2013] It's been a particularly good week for Sir Richard Branson. SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital peoplecarrier broke the sound barrier for the first time, and Virgin America began service into San Jose, California. Sir Richard was in town to welcome ...
The Engadget Interview: Sir Richard Branson on ... [Published Engadget - May 02 2013] It's been a particularly good week for Sir Richard Branson. SpaceShipTwo , Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital peoplecarrier broke the sound barrier for the first time, and Virgin America began service into San Jose, California. Sir Richard was in ...
Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rock... [Published Singularity Hub - May 01 2013] In October 2004, Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize when their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight—the first private organization to do so. Now, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin ...

Audio/Video

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Future of the space tourism industry [Published Senator Bill Nelson - YouTube Channel - May 16 2013]
Virgin's Spacecraft Clears Test Flight, and More [Published WSJ.com Video - Business - Apr 29 2013]
Space Tourism Headed to Mars [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 16 2013]
Headlines: Space tourism company offers moon rides [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Dec 07 2012]

Press Releases

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Virgin Galactic: The pioneering adventure into ... [Published Auto & Transportation - Apr 08 2013]
Space Tourism to Get a Boost From Disney, Smith... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Dec 04 2012]