Change is Coming to NASA Space Launch

by Rick Tumlinson March 19, 2010 Advocacy

Change is coming to the US space program. At last! Real, dramatic and tangible change in both its effect and the course it will create in this nation’s future in space. It is long past time for us to try something different, as what we have been doing in our human space program since Apollo has been a failure of epic proportions.

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The Battle for a New Space Age Begins

by Rick Tumlinson February 12, 2010 SpaceFront

Isn’t it ironic that the agency which is supposed to be challenging the edge is taking so much heat for trying something new? I find myself teetering between laughter,  slipping into a Lewis Black moment and fear that this tiny step towards a pro-frontier space policy will be slaughtered the same way so many good [...]

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Orbital Sciences Breaks Ground on New Launchpad

by William Watson July 14, 2009 Newspace News

COTS winner Orbital Sciences Corporation broke ground last week on their new launch pad for their Taurus II Launch vehicle, which they will be launching to refuel the International Space Station.Orbital Sciences Breaks Ground on New Launchpad

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Private Space Claims Faster, Better, Cheaper

by William Watson July 14, 2009 Launch Vehicles & CATS

Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, Aerospace Corporation, SpaceX, and Orbital Sciences weighed in during the Augustine Commission recently and commented on commercial involvement in Constellation. Private Space Claims Faster, Better, Cheaper

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Virginia Emerges as a Space State

by William Watson June 1, 2009 Newspace News

The recent successful launch of Orbital Sciences’ Minotaur I rocket, as well as Virginia’s Zero G-Zero Tax laws show again that Virginia plans on making a significant footprint in the world of NewSpace.  Rick Tumlinson at Richmond Times Dispatch

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