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Going to Mars: Billionaire Dennis Tito plans manned mission with possible 2017 launch
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Going to Mars: Billionaire Dennis Tito plans manned mission with possible 2017 launch

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Going to Mars: Billionaire Dennis Tito plans manned mission with possible 2017 launch

November 23rd, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: astronaut, Commercial Space Industry, Commercial SpaceFlight, Cygnus, Dennis Tito, Mars, NASA, Orbital Sciences, SLS, space flight|

Billionaire Dennis Tito, tired of being told that we can’t send humans to Mars just yet, on Wednesday revealed his scheme for launching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017. Dubbed “Inspiration Mars,” the flyby mission would exploit a rare alignment of Earth and Mars that [...]

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Defense firms see space as the next commercial frontier
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Defense firms see space as the next commercial frontier

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Defense firms see space as the next commercial frontier

November 14th, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: Boeing, Commercial Space Industry, Heavy Launch Vehicle, Lockheed, NASA, Orion, SLS, Space Launch System|

For defense contractors looking for growth markets as Pentagon spending slows, the “final frontier” is looking more and more attractive. “People really don’t understand how big a business space is. I mean, the commercial satellite market is enormous. It far dwarfs anything that’s going on in exploration,” said James Crocker, [...]

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