The Day Job® and spending 4 hours on the tarmack at O'Hare have conspired to keep me from blogging several recent developments that need the attention. In no particular order:
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<li>Jon Goff, part of the BYU Space Development Club, is working on a <a href="http://www.et.byu.edu/groups/sdc/IgniterProject/">sparkless igniter</a> that uses catalytic ignition of gaseous hydrogen to create a super reliable ignition system.
Alan Boyle coversa Frank Sietzen article on a planned speech by the President soon after the Aldridge Commission submits its report.
Cats and dogs sleeping together! Leading Space Groups Agree: It's Time For The Moon, Mars and Beyond. This new group is an alliance between the following bits of oil and water: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace States Association, American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, California Space Authority, Florida Space Authority, The Mars Society, National Coalition of Spaceport States, National Space Society, The Planetary Society, ProSpace, Space Access Society and Space Frontier Foundation.
The Moon Society will be joining the alliance soon.
Bigelow Aerospace has contracted with SpaceX to launch a test inflatable on a Falcon V sometime next year. I wonder if that would qualify as the first free-market based contract for a launch service that is directly related to permanent, for profit human presense in LEO?
New Mexico gets the Xprize Cup nod. I guess that means I'll have to make some regular reservations at some tiny little motel in the New Mexico desert.
While at Space Access '04 I mentioned the progress that JP Aerospace had been making and had some pictures of the presentation. Well I know have a PDF of the entire presentation.
Check out HobbySpace on a daily basis since Clark does a much better job than I do on keeping track of everything that's going on.
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