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Private Spacecraft Prospects

Posted by michael on from the book-a-ticket-now dept.

mwallis writes "Space.com has an article on the recent Space Access conference in Scottsdale a few weeks ago. The article talks about the (slowly) emerging commercial space transportation industry with interviews and quotes from Space Access Society's Henry Vanderbilt, XCOR's Aleta Jackson, Armadillo's John Carmack and many others."

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  1. Times article by Xilman · · Score: 5, Informative
    Another nice article can be found at The Times. Unlike the NYT, this Times doesn't insist on registration.

    Paul

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  2. Re:A whole new battlefield by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good point about the satellites! If you want a good idea of just how crowded it's getting up there, check this out:
    http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack /3d/JT rack3D.html