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Jul 15, 2021

Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

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An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space, rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82.

Blue Origin announced Thursday that instead of a $28 million auction winner launching with founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, the Dutch son of another bidder will be on board. The company said Oliver Daemen will be the first paying customer, but did not disclose the price of his ticket. A family spokesperson said it will be considerably less than the winning bid.

Daemen snagged the fourth and last seat on the space capsule after the auction winner stepped aside because of a scheduling conflict. The offer came in a surprise phone call from Blue Origin last week, he said.

Jul 14, 2021

Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice

Posted by in categories: chemistry, computing, space travel

Circa 2012 One day ice from could be transformed to metal the be transported anywhere even into space.


Researchers have combined high-powered computing and ‘chemical intuition’ to discover new phases of ice at extremely high pressures nonexistent on Earth, but probably abundant elsewhere in the solar system. (Jan. 16, 2012)

Jul 14, 2021

FAA approves Blue Origin launch with Bezos, others aboard

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially approved Jeff Bezos Jeffrey (Jeff) Preston BezosFAA approves Blue Origin launch with Bezos, others aboard Richard Branson’s launch changes the way we look at space Branson, Bezos and Musk: A new space race for a new generation MORE ’s highly anticipated spaceflight next week aboard a rocket developed by his aerospace company, Blue Origin.

The license, which was approved by the FAA on Monday and is valid through August, comes as Bezos, along with his brother and two others, are scheduled to launch into space next Tuesday on the New Shepard rocket.

The flight is part of an effort by billionaire-owned technology and transportation companies to make space flight a commercially available experience.

Jul 14, 2021

Russia’s space chief wishes his oligarchs invested in space like Branson and Musk

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

After Sir Richard Branson’s spaceflight this weekend, the leader of Russia’s main space corporation, Roscosmos, offered some kind words about the achievement on Twitter. Dmitry Rogozin called the flight a “landmark” in terms of technology development and expanding the number of humans able to see Earth from space.

Then Rogozin went a step further, lamenting the fact that Russia’s “billionaire oligarchs” spend their money on yachts and vanity projects rather than the development of space technology and increasing humanity’s knowledge of space.

This is a notable comment from Rogozin, who in the past has been critical of one particular billionaire spending his money developing space technology: SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Among other remarks, Rogozin has said that NASA should not get too cocky about its newfound access to space in case SpaceX’s Crew Dragon vehicle “breaks.” He has also said that SpaceX is “gentle” for getting to work in the balmy conditions of South Texas, while Russian engineers and technicians work in the depths of Siberia during the winter.

Jul 14, 2021

Nuclear-powered spacecrafts? NASA taps Blue Origin, GE to try it

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space travel

NASA and the US Department of Energy awarded three $5m contracts to produce reactor-design concepts for trips to Mars.

Jul 13, 2021

Starship: Elon Musk reveals how many engines SpaceX needs for Mars city

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

How many rocket engines does it take to build a city on Mars?


SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to build a Mars city. Here’s how many engines his Starship will need to get there.

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Jul 13, 2021

The private Inspiration4 crew launching with SpaceX experience zero gravity for 1st time

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The four citizen astronauts flying to space with Inspiration4 this September experienced weightlessness for the first time this weekend during a zero-g training flight.

Jul 13, 2021

Sric3 Meetings

Posted by in categories: government, space travel

Join the SRIC3 final event big party!

Here’s where you can find the Zoom coordinates to join us celebrating the 2021 Space Renaissance Congress completed:

Though the voting process will remain open until Thursday July 15th, i am happy to announce that **we have elected the new President of Space Renaissance International, Prof. Bernard Foing, and the new Board of Directors!**

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Jul 13, 2021

A Book From 1952 Predicted An ‘Elon’ Would One Day Rule Over Mars

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Bizarre coincidence or fate?


One of the leading developers of rocket technology for the Nazis during World War II appears to have predicted the rise of an “Elon” that would one day rule over human colonies on Mars.

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Jul 12, 2021

Plans underway for new space station to orbit the moon

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To the moon — and beyond.

A new partnership just announced by NASA makes it official that the space agency is very much in the business of getting back to the moon.