Big-ass, high-altitude balloons are not just good for spying or for weather research purposes; it is also good for making affordable space travel. By affordable, we mean that you do not need a quarter of a million for a short trip to the stratosphere. But here’s the thing: not everyone is comfortable letting a balloon …
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Ordinary folks want to travel to other states and countries. Meanwhile, the super-rich who have probably tired of planet Earth are looking upwards – to space – for their next holiday destination. Even among the rich, not everyone bears to part with US$450,000 for a trip to the stratosphere, and also not everyone fancy being …
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Richard Branson’s space travel dream will take off this year and joining the fleet that will fly (very rich) folks to the realm of space is the new VSS Imagine, the first SpaceShip III spaceship.
When some attractions promised “out-of-this-world” experience, well, spoiler alert, they are lying to you. However, in the case of Gateway Foundation, the organization aren’t bullshitting if it promised you an out-of-this-world experience because, the Californian company’s planned Von Braun Station will be a functional space hotel. You read that right. A freaking space hotel! While …
Fancy hitting up Mars? Well, the thing is, that is closer to pipe dream. The truth is, it will be a long while before any human will be setting foot on the Red Planet. However, not all hope is lost. NASA is giving you a chance to live that dream, spiritedly speaking. Running up to …
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The biggest story today belongs to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, a company dedicated to bring space travel to everyday people (who have the money to drop). In between the unveiling of the Spaceship Two VSS Unity a couple of years ago, they have several incremental test flights, but today, at Mojave, CA, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip …
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In case you have not heard, this week’s biggest news yet was the successful launch of SpaceX Merlin 27-engine Falcon Heavy rocket. While the launch was no doubt monumental, but the most interesting part of this successful launch wasn’t entirely the launch itself; it was Elon Musk’s very own Tesla Roadster that was onboard, >hitching …
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There’s really nothing for you in space. That pitch black space has no adorable Pokémon monsters to catch and I am pretty sure Game of Thrones is not a hit in the vacuum environment either, but still, most kids are enthralled by the mysterious space and have, at some point in time, hoped to become …
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It took NASA numerous years and millions, if not billions, of dollars to finally land a rover on Mars, but could they have been doing it wrong? Why? Cause’ private space transport company lead by Elon Musk, SpaceX has announced last Wednesday that it aims to send a crew-less Dragon spacecraft to Mars sometime in …
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You know how sci-fi movies depicts fellow humans going to space and landing back on Earth in rockets and not splashing into the sea in capsule? Well, it looks like mankind is indeed making that progression. SpaceX is one of the private space transport services company that not only successful land the a rocket back …
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