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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Moonandback Interview with Edward Wright, part 1 – Citizens in Space
Edward Wright, Project Manager of Citizen’s in Space and chairman of the US Rocket Academy,
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SpaceUp San Francisco, T-5 Talks, part 7 – Chris Radcliff & Martian Cities
Chris Radcliff talks about what makes cities liveable, sustainable, and workable and how we can
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SpaceUp San Francisco, T-5 Talks, part 6 – Marimikel Charrier and Space Settlement
Marimikel Charrier of the SpaceUp Foundation and the Space Frontier Foundation talks about the difference
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Moonandback Interview with James Muncy, part 3 – Lawmakers & Spaceflight
James Muncy talks with MM about how lawmakers have progressed and held back commercial and
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Moonandback Interview with James Muncy, part 2 – Private Industry
James Muncy talks with MM about how NASA and lawmakers have slowly turned over parts
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Moonandback Interview with James Muncy, part 1 – Progress & Politics
James Muncy, President of PoliSpace, talks with MM about how far commercial spaceflight has come,
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Moonandback Interview with Gary Hudson, part 2 – Funding & Collaboration
Gary Hudson talks with MM about the funding and the design phases necessary to build
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Moonandback Interview with Gary Hudson, part 1 – SSI’s Artificial Gravity Space Station
Gary Hudson, The Space Studies Institute’s new President, talks about their plans to build a
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SpaceUp San Francisco, T-5 Talks, part 5 – Ruben Metcalf and Selling an Idea
Ruben Metcalf of idreamofspace.com talks about how we can get people excited about space and
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SpaceUp San Francisco, T-5 Talks, part 4 – Sam Coniglio and Space Marketing
Sam Coniglio talks about how marketing is the key to drawing attention to space, and
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Commentary
Getting to Where We’re Going Means Something New
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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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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News
NASA Langley’s SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX COTS2 Launch
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Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA
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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
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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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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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News
Elton John, ‘The Rocket Man’, Greets the ‘Rocket Men’ (Video)
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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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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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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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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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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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Thursday 17 May 2012