Book your flight

Space travel is right around the corner.
Let Moonandback get you on board.
Sign up now.

Video

Moonandback Interview With Tim Pickens, part 2 – The Rocket City Space Pioneers

In this second part of his interview at ISDC, Tim Pickens talks about the Rocket City Space Pioneers, their quest to win the $20 Million dollar Google Lunar XPRIZE, their parts their partners Dynetics, Spaceflight Services/SpaceX, Draper Labs, Teledyne Brown, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Moog, and Andrews Aerospace play in the Pioneers’ mission, and the business plan that’s an outgrowth of the competitive effort.

Share and Enjoy:

Tags: Andrews Aerospace, Draper Labs, Dynetics, GLXP, ISDC, Moog, Moon, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, RCSP, Space, spacecraft, spaceflight, Spaceflight Services, SpaceX, Teledyne Brown

This entry was posted on Monday, June 6th, 2011 at 3:00 am and is filed under Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

michael-doornbos-commentary-145

Commentary

Getting to Where We’re Going Means Something New

by michael doornbos

I’ve spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and 1979. All of them in fact. I’m struck by something: we’re still talking about most of these same ideas as things for the future…
read more »

Orbit

Miles O’Brien Reports: SpaceX Readies for Launch – Showdown Over Dragon Capsule Seat

On a PBS NewsHour broadcast, Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the upcoming SpaceX flight.
read more »

New results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our Solar System. - Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Planetary

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the
read more »

The Freedom Star, a former space shuttle solid rocket booster recovery ship, will track the first commercial spacecraft carrying cargo to the International Space Station. - Image Credit: NASA

News

NASA Langley’s SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX COTS2 Launch

HAMPTON, Va. — A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras
read more »

Artist Impression of Ball Aerospace's Solar Electric Propulsion demonstrator. - Image Credit: Ball Aerospace

News

Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA

BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to
read more »

benbrockert120517

Video

Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 2 – Future Plans

At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
read more »

R2's use the exact same gloves as astronauts. - Image credit: NASA

News

Robonaut 2, the Legless Patent Dynamo

by andrew rush Even though it doesn’t have any legs (yet), Robonaut 2 is
read more »

Jennifer Brisco, winner of XCOR's suborbital flight giveaway poses in the full size Lynx cockpit model. - Image credit: XCOR/Mike Massee

Sub orbit

XCOR Aerospace Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner

MOJAVE, Calif. — XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard
read more »

Elton John singing "Rocket Man" and a real rocket man André Kuipers. - Image Credit: ESA

News

Elton John, ‘The Rocket Man’, Greets the ‘Rocket Men’ (Video)

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock
read more »

A cross-section of the Earth's ozone layer as measured by the Suomi NPP satellite. - Image Credit: NASA/NOAA

Environment

Our Weather Forecasting About To Get A Whole Lot Better

GREENBELT, Md. — NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP),
read more »

benbrockert120516

Video

Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 1 – The STIG Rocket

Ben Brockert, an Engineer for Armadillo Aerospace, talks with MM about the developement and experience
read more »

The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video camera moments before the crew arrives. - Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Orbit

Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight
read more »

davemasten120515

Video

Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 2 – Opportunities & Updates

Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
read more »

edward-wright-commentary

Commentary

The Real Story Behind the “Manned” Space Program

by edward wright All organizations that have enduring for any length of time have
read more »

Daily spaceflight news

We are a news content generation and aggregation website covering space, with emphasis on the personal and commercial spaceflight industry.

Our mission is to document for the general public the dawn of this new epoch in mankind's history, and to make young students aware of the opportunities for careers in space-related fields.

All content Copyright © 2010 - 2012 Moonandback Media LLC, except where otherwise noted. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy.

moonandback.com

moonandbackproductions.com

orbitcitystore.com

Advertise with Moonandback Media. Inquiries:

Moonandback Media, LLC
1017 L St., #102
Sacramento, CA 95814-3805

email: email@moonandback.com

Affiliates