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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy Booster: Why Is It Important? John K. Strickland, Jr. (NSS Board of Directors) takes us on a tour of this potentially game-changing rocket that promises a 97% reduction in launch costs compared with the Shuttle. |
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Orbital Propellant Depots: Building the Interplanetary Highway. John K. Strickland, Jr. (NSS Board of Directors) explains why “gas stations in space” are a critical component of our entire future space exploration and development effort. |
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Five Reasons Why the Space Age Is Just Beginning. And This Time It's for Real. Does the end of the Space Shuttle mean the end of the space age? Howard Bloom (NSS Board of Governors) argues that the next giant leaps, propelled by private enterprise, will change the nature of resources, energy, jobs, and the economy. |
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NASA's Commercial Crew Development Program - Round 2 (CCDev2). Four companies have been awarded NASA development agreements to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. “The next American-flagged vehicle to carry our astronauts into space is going to be a U.S. commercial provider.” — Ed Mango, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager. |
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Access to Mars [2.3 MB PDF]. Presentation by John K. Strickland, Jr., at the International Space Development Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, May 18-22, 2011. 107 pages. Describes a Mars transport and logistics system based on a fully re-usable Mars Ferry. |
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Press Conference, April 5, 2011. 38-minute video of the entire press conference where SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces the world's most powerful rocket. |
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The Untold Story of the DC-X: The Spaceship that Came in From the Cold War. How to develop single-stage-to-orbit transport with aircraft-like operations with a program approach that featured a modest budget, an accelerated timetable, a small managerial team, and minimal paperwork. |
