Commercialization

19 November 2004: Boeing Chiefs Knew of Insider Data, Lockheed Says, Washington Post“Citing unreleased documents, Lockheed Martin Corp. alleged in a court filing that former Air Force official Darleen A. […]

11 November 2004: Orbital Recovery Completes the Funding for its CX OLEV Space Tug With a Team of European Space Industry Leaders“Orbital Recovery Ltd. has completed its second round financing […]

Rules outlined for $50-million space prize, Nature“The prize will be awarded to a craft that can take a crew of at least five people to an altitude of 400 kilometres, […]

9 November 2004: Futron Launcher Study Ranks ILS’ Atlas & Proton as Best, ILS Editor’s note: No mention is made in this press release of who actually sponsored this study […]

10 November 2004: Update: NASA Watch and SpaceRef have come to an amicable resolution to this issue with Orbital – one wherein the threat of legal action has been avoided […]

9 November 2004: A DART Near Miss: Infighting at Orbital – and Deceiving NASA, SpaceRef“On Monday NASA issued a curiously short press release stating “The launch of NASA’s DART spacecraft […]

8 November 2004: Spacehab Files Tort Claim For Losses on Space Shuttle Mission“Spacehab today announced that it has filed a formal claim against NASA under the Federal Tort Claims Act […]

8 November 2004: Vote yes on Prop 2001, The Space Review (Jeff Foust/Futron)“The tests take one of the cells from the egg. If instead using the cell for genetic tests, […]

7 November 2004: Next Space Race Under Way, 60 Minutes“Rutan also won bragging rights over the space establishment, which he frequently criticizes for being inefficient and bureaucratic. “You know, I […]

22 October 2004: Shatner aims for real ‘Star Trek’, CNN“William Shatner wants to boldly go where he’s only pretended to go so far. The “Star Trek” star is among more […]