Links for Sunday, October 4, 2009
- Space.com: 5 Years After SpaceShipOne: Commercial Spaceflight Ready for ‘Go’ – “Within the next few months the first companies will begin flights and within two years the first paying customers will be flying. Within three years the first commercial facilities will be overhead and within five years you will be able to fly commercially to orbit on a private spaceship.“
- Space.com: Space Tourism: The Virgin Galactic Way – Part 1 – “For most of us, escaping the constraints of gravity is something we’ve only been able to achieve in our dreams.“
- Space.com: Space Tourism: The Virgin Galactic Way – Part 2 – “There’s this panorama, like you’ve never seen. It’s majestic.“
- TED Talks: Burt Rutan Sees the Future of Space – “We think 100,000 people will fly by 2020.“