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Prize lifts would-be spacefarers
Sun National StaffOne in a series of occasional articles LISSIE, Texas - On a rice farm west of Houston, in a pasture littered with cow droppings, Jim Akkerman is immersed in the work of the future. Flanked by industrial gas tanks and wearing a straw hat, he rummages...Tags: Arts, Engineering, Satellite Technology, Rocketry, Wildfires
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Firm has its sight set on mining asteroids
A group of 21st-century private space entrepreneurs is expected to unveil an ambitious new venture to mine the surface of near-Earth asteroids in search of precious metals and rare metallic elements.
The plan may seem like it was torn from a science...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Science, Avatar (movie), Google Inc., Satellite Technology
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NASA races to find tenants for vacant shuttle facilities
WASHINGTON — The clock once again is ticking at Kennedy Space Center, but this time the countdown won't end with a space shuttle blasting into orbit.
Instead, officials with NASA and the state are racing to find new tenants for several vacant...Tags: NASCAR, Fashion Shows, Concerts, Entertainment Events, Rentals
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Think young, roll the dice and embrace the future
Arianna HuffingtonAs we move further into the presidential campaign, we're going to hear a lot about the ways we're lacking and where we fall short. And though the conversation has rightly and finally shifted to the need to grow the economy, much of it is still dominated...Tags: Arianna Huffington, Biology, The Huffington Post, Science, Malaria
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Billionaire Paul Allen launches new commercial space company
Money & CompanySeattle billionaire and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen is launching a new commercial space travel company that would carry tourists into Earth orbit with the help of Southern California aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan.... -
Groundbreaking marks first step to building massive space plane
Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s outsized ambitions are getting a boost with the Mojave Desert groundbreaking of a hangar facility to build the world’s largest airplane powered by six jet engines.
Huntsville, Ala.-based Stratolaunch Systems...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Paul Allen
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Jet service pioneer at Van Nuys Airport gets Howard Hughes honor
Clay Lacy, a veteran pilot, air race champion and aviation entrepreneur who introduced the first corporate jet service in the western United States, received the Howard HughesMemorial Award Wednesday night from the Aero Club of Southern California.
Lacy,...Tags: Howard Hughes, Los Angeles Times, Chuck Yeager, United Air Lines
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Wanted: Space junkmen. Apply today
Opinion L.A.Cleaning up the space junk orbiting Earth might not be as glorious as going to the moon, but think of the jobs we could create.... -
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5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 5:09 a.m. The Hometown Voice tour continues as Greg Jarrett broadcasts live from The Original Pancake House in Orland Park! 6:09 a.m. Greg Jarrett concludes our weeklong hot-weather segment with Dr. Kevin Most...Tags: Mike Quade, Weather Reports, Tom Skilling, Justin Timberlake
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Space Tourism Glides Closer to Reality
KTLA NewsMOJAVE, Calif. (KTLA) -- Space tourism is one step closer to reality. Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight Sunday. SpaceShipTwo was carried to 45,000 feet over the Mojave Desert and released. It flew...Tags: KTLA, Richard Branson
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Virgin Galactic rocket plane completes first manned glide flight
L.A. Times Tech BlogCommercial space tourism got a boost Sunday when Virgin Galactic's rocket ship successfully completed its first manned test flight at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The rocket plane, dubbed SpaceShipTwo, was dropped from a carrier aircraft at 45,000 feet....
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