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Private Firms Look to Cash In on NASA Cuts

(Feb. 1) – With NASA's Constellation program cut from the budget President Obama proposed Monday, private companies have the chance to play a bigger role in the next space race. While the budget request for fiscal year 2011 eliminates the Constellation program – which would have replaced the space shuttle with...

Commercial Spaceship Makes Debut

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 7) -- A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history. The long-awaited glimpse of SpaceShipTwo marks the first public appearance of a commercial passenger spacecraft. The...

VirginGalactic News From the Web

02/04/12 Virgin Galactic to Start Conducting Suborbital Flights... Source: Softpedia News The CEO and president of private suborbital spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides, announced on January 20 that the WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo combo is nearly ready to enter commercial use.
01/25/12 County indicates support for bill to protect... Source: Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces NM Do a Ana County commissioners on Tuesday indicated support for a state bill that would restrict a space traveler's right to sue in most cases of injury or death.