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Getting Into The Private Space Race

Posted by timothy on from the go-fast-don't-turn-left dept.

powerbarr writes "This article has an excellent description of the issues of getting into the rocket industry without government funding and focuses on one startup that is doing it. Sea Launch is a subsidiary of American, Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian companies that has cheaper, more accurate, and more reliable launch system that is trying to compete with all the government sponsored systems that are more expensive and less reliable."

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  1. I get it ... by stoborrobots · · Score: 5, Informative
    This is just Boeing trying to edge out Lockheed Martin...

    This private venture is 40% owned by Boeing

    Methinks there might be opportunities for British Aerospace and Concorde to start launching space missions...

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  2. Re:uh... one launch? by powerbarr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, they've had one failure so far out of eight with another launch to occur on June 10. Still while only a few launches, this is pretty good start considering their competition and their costs are way less. Both XM Radio and Direct TV have used them to launch satellites.

    Here is a link to past launches