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Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 2 – Future Plans

At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
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May 17th, 2012
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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
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May 16th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 2 – Opportunities & Updates

Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
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May 15th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 1 – The Xeus Spacecraft

Dave Masten, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Masten Space Systems, talks with MM about
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May 14th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Robert Moffitt Jr., part 2 – Involving & Enabling

Robert Moffitt Jr. talks with MM about how the S.P.A.C.E. Association enables their members to
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May 13th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Robert Moffitt Jr., part 1 – The S.P.A.C.E. Association

Robert Moffit Jr., Founder & CEO of the S.P.A.C.E. Association, talks with MM about the
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May 12th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Karl Hoose, part 3 – Low Cost Space Access

In part three of his interview at the Space Access conference in Phoenix, Karl Hoose
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May 11th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Karl Hoose, part 2 – Testing and Progress

Karl Hoose talkes with MM about the flight tests Applied Thermal Sciences, Inc. have already
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May 10th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Karl Hoose, part 1 – Air Breathing Rockets

Karl Hoose, President of Applied Thermal Sciences, Inc. , talks with MM about their plan
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May 9th, 2012
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Moonandback Interview with Edward Wright, part 2 – Experiments in Space

Edward Wright talkes with MM about the types of experiments teachers and citizens will operate
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May 8th, 2012
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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…
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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),
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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
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Commentary

The Real Story Behind the “Manned” Space Program

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