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Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ So often expanding into space can seem like a Catch-22, where every proposed idea for development can only be practical if space is already developed. Today we'll take a look at some potential options for pushing forward our orbital infrastructure such as asteroid mining or power satellites, and take a look at what other technologies and industries might start the avalanche to our future in space and on other planets. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/kickstarting-space-industry Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/kickstarting-space-industry-narration-only Credits: Upward Bound: Kickstarting Space Industry Episode 163, Season 4 E49 Writers Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Darius Said Edward Nardella Keith Blockus Matthew Acker Matthew Campbell Sigmund Kopperud Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Gateway Foundation https://gatewayspaceport.com/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc SpaceResourcesCGI Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - [email protected] Music: Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Dan MacLeod, "Time Dilation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk Evan King, "Singularity" https://evanking.bandcamp.com/ Lombus, "Valles Marineris" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Stellardrone, "Crystal Spheres" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Martin Rezny, "Tempus Fugit" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1 Epic Mountain, "Circular" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain

Axiom offers 10-day vacation on the International Space Station

Virgin Galactic chairman Richard Branson said this week that the first commercial flight for its space tourism service should be coming "in months and not years." A seat on the spacecraft costs a wallet-melting $250,000. The post Space tourism: Virgin Galactic ‘weeks’ away from first test flights in space appeared first on Digital Trends. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/virgin-galactic-weeks-away-from-first-manned-test-flights-in-space/ http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin founder discusses the company's venture into space, as well as competition from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl Launches from Spaceport Cornwall, the UK's first horizontal launch location.

Elon Musk updated the world with the plans for SpaceX's BFR at SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne. I attended to learn about all the new exciting changes! For now, we're going to just look at what has changed with the vehicle over the years and why it keeps changing. Later we'll do more in depth videos about Yusaku Maezawa's beautiful #dearmoon project and the weird reentry system of the new BFR! Follow up video: Why SpaceX's BFS will fall like a skydiver and not fly like an airplane - https://youtu.be/SCCw_M8MAU0 Show your support and join our exclusive discord channel and subreddit by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ All music is original! Check out the songs on soundcloud! http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut

SpaceX's press event to announce a paying passenger on a flight around the moon took an amazing turn when Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa declared that he wanted the trip to be all about Art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu7WJD8vpAQ #DearMoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wrk5u8FgbM

In this video, we discuss the recent announcement that SPACEX gave regarding their first private customer, and the purpose behind the mission to go around the Moon. We also dive into some of the technical updates to the Big Falcon Spaceship, their timeline over the next few years, and some questions about the process! Thanks for watching! And consider subscribing if you enjoyed this video! Twitter: https://twitter.com/wolf_martian Facebook: https://fb.me/MartianWolf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MartianWolf Heading Home by Nekzlo @nekzlo Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/YGL35p7LLqo ------------------------------ • Contact the artist: @nekzlo www.instagram.com/nekzlo/ twitter.com/Nekzlo_Music open.spotify.com/artist/75LSn0DiQyH6LnHBT8fOEK ------------------------------ #SPACEX #dearMoon

A Japanese billionaire and founder of Zozotown Yusaku Maezawa will be the first private customer to ride around the Moon on the company’s future massive rocket, the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). The World is One News, WION examines global issues with in-depth analysis. We provide much more than the news of the day. Our aim is to empower people to explore their world. Please keep discussions on this channel clean and respectful and refrain from using racist or sexist slurs as well as personal insults. Subscribe to our channel at https://goo.gl/JfY3NI Check out our website: http://www.wionews.com Connect with us on our social media handles: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WIONews Twitter: https://twitter.com/WIONews Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+WIONews

Elon Musk will reveal the name of SpaceX's first lunar space tourist on Monday night. Business Insider reports that the mission will launch aboard its Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR. SpaceX said in a statement, "SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle - an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space." SpaceX will stream a live video of the event on YouTube at 9 p.m. eastern time. https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-lunar-mission-passenger-live-stream-youtube-video-2018-9 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson all want to send private citizens to space. Their respective companies, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are dedicated to making space travel and space tourism more accessible. Here's how they plan to do it. ------------------------------------------------------ Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's, gaming, science, digital culture, and more. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai TI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/ TI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSIDER on Snapchat: https://insder.co/2KJLtVo ------------------------------------------------------ Following is the transcript of the video: Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson all want to send private citizens to space. Their respective companies, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are dedicated to making space travel and space tourism more accessible. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator:  SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are in a modern space race. Similar to when the United States and the Soviet Union competed to get astronauts on the moon, these billionaire-run companies are racing to bring people like you and me to space. But how will they do it? Let's start with Blue Origin, the passion project of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Blue Origin's focus is on commercial space flight, or space tourism. It plans to shoot a booster rocket with an attached passenger capsule to 60 miles above the surface into sub-orbital space. At the top of the rocket's arch, the capsule will detach, and for about four minutes, passengers will experience weightlessness. They'll be allowed to unbuckle their seat belts and float around the cabin, looking out the window at the curvature of the Earth. The capsule will then start to fall back into the atmosphere, and parachutes will deploy to bring it down slowly. The whole trip only lasts about 11 minutes. A ticket on Blue Origin's New Shepard will likely cost more than $200,000. That's over $18,000 a minute. Blue Origin has tested the New Shepard rocket nine times, and the company still hopes to send civilians into space in 2018. Virgin Galactic also aims to make commercial space travel accessible. But the vehicle it's using looks quite different. Virgin Galactic's SS Unity looks more like a plane than a rocket. The ship is made up of the WhiteKnightTwo, a carrier airplane, and SpaceShipTwo, a passenger spaceship. SpaceShipTwo can carry six passengers and two crew members. The passenger ship detaches from the carrier plane about nine miles above the Earth's surface. The ship then fires its rocket engines to blast about 50 miles further until it reaches sub-orbital space. Similar to Blue Origin, passengers will experience four to five minutes of weightlessness before the ship re-enters the atmosphere. The total trip should last about two and a half hours. Virgin Galactic has conducted three rocket-powered test flights of the SS Unity and it hopes to get its first passengers to space by the end of 2018. Founder Richard Branson will be one of the first people to take the trip. And Virgin Galactic has already sold 700 tickets for future flights, costing $250,000 each. Elon Musk's company SpaceX also wants to send people to space. SpaceX's ultimate goal is to establish colonies on other planets. The ship SpaceX intends to send to Mars could hold 100 people, and the ride would be a lot longer than four minutes. But SpaceX also plans to send people to space on their way to other earthly destinations. The Big Falcon Rocket will briefly enter space to make long-distance travel shorter. Traveling by rocket from New York to Tokyo, for example, would only take 37 minutes. And it would take no more than an hour to get anywhere on Earth. Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceX are major players in the modern space race, but there are even more companies out there. It's estimated that space tourism could generate $1.6 billion in revenue in the next decade. So no matter which company crosses this finish line first, there will inevitably be another race. After all, space is infinite.

On Monday SpaceX will announce the name of the passenger on a translunar flight of their in development BFS rocket. However what got most SpaceX watchers interested was the image which showed a redesigned BFS with new wings and engine configurations. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1040397262248005632

From trying on spacesuits to preparing for potential emergencies, see how astronauts are getting ready to fly on the test flights and first missions of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket was designed by Space Services Inc. of America and built from spare parts of other rockets. It was named after a type of covered wagon that used to transport American settlers westward to the new frontier during the 19th century. The 36-foot rocket lifted off from a private launch facility on Matagorda Island, Texas and flew for 10 and a half minutes. It reached an altitude of 195 miles and became the first privately funded rocket to reach space. The only payload on board was 40 gallons of water, which didn't serve much scientific purpose, but it was ejected from the spacecraft at peak altitude to serve as a visual marker so ground crews could watch.

SpaceX allowed us a rare opportunity to actually go inside their headquarters to check out their new Crew Dragon Capsule that will be flying astronauts next year! Shot by Patrick Lawler @PatrickLawler More pics and article here - https://everydayastronaut.com/inside-spacex/ Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ Show your support, get a chance to win flown hardware and join our exclusive discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut

China will launch its first commercial solid-propellant carrier rocket developed by a Chinese private company later this year. The ZQ-1 rocket was developed by Landspace, a Beijing-based rocket-maker. Its technicians are former state-owned aerospace industry workers. Carrying a small satellite, the rocket will be launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The 19-meter-long rocket has a 1.35-meter diameter, a takeoff weight of 27 tons and thrust of 45 tons. It is flexible, cost-efficient and has been designed with mature technology and a fast response ability. The satellite, Future, carried by the rocket is for space science and remote sensing for a TV show on China Central Television. It will orbit for two years. The company also plans to launch ZQ-2, a liquid-fueled rocket, in 2020. ZQ is short for zhuque, which means 'vermilion bird'. It is one of the four spirits of ancient Chinese mythology, representing fire and controlling the southerly direction. China has more than 60 private companies entering the commercial space industry. They are growing fast and competing in the market for launches of small satellites and rockets.

Look inside Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the commercial spacecraft that will fly astronauts from the U.S. to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011.

NASA recently announced who will be flying on the first commercial crew flights and both Boeing and SpaceX are racing to get their spaceships, their launch sites AND their spacesuits ready to return humans to space from US soil. Boeing’s spaceship is the CST-100 Starliner, a capsule shaped spacecraft that can fly up to 7 astronauts to space. For NASA missions to the International Space Station, it will fly up to 4 astronauts at a time, filling the rest of the capsule with cargo. The Starliner will launch on top of perhaps the most reliable rocket ever made. ULA’s Atlas V with 2 strap on solid rocket motors and 2 RL-10 upper stage engines. A configuration that an Atlas 5 has never actually flown before, but all the hardware has been flown many times throughout history. Check out my article all about what it's like to train with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and wear their incredible space suit! https://everydayastronaut.com/boeing-starliner-astronaut/ What it's like to wear Boeing's Space Suit video - https://youtu.be/FaOAsUR-o-U Show your support, get a chance to win flown hardware and join our exclusive discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

The Commercial Crew program got a boost in August with the announcement of the crews that will fly on the first missions to launch from American soil for the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program. Credit: NASA

NASA announced the astronauts who will launch aboard new American-made spacecraft and rocket systems, the first human launches from the United States since 2011. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine made his first official visit as NASA Administrator to Kennedy Space Center this week.

Vice President Mike Pence announced the Pentagon's detailed plan for President Donald Trump's vision of a Space Force on Thursday. This would establish the first military branch in over 71 years. Trump directed the Pentagon in June to immediately begin the creation of the new branch. » Subscribe to CNBC: http://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC About CNBC: From 'Wall Street' to 'Main Street' to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more. Connect with CNBC News Online Get the latest news: http://www.cnbc.com/ Find CNBC News on Facebook: http://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC Follow CNBC News on Twitter: http://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC Follow CNBC News on Google+: http://cnb.cx/PlusCNBC Follow CNBC News on Instagram: http://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC Vice President Mike Pence Unveils Plan To Create Space Force | CNBC

According to a report by Business Insider, one of the world's largest banks claimed that the planet is running out of resources and warns that neither governments nor companies are prepared for climate change. A group of analysts at HSBC claimed that the world spent its entire natural resource budget for the 2018 by August 1st, citing research from the Global Footprint Network. HSBC analysts reportedly said, "In our opinion, these findings and events show that many businesses and governments are not adequately prepared for climate impacts, nor are they using natural resources efficiently." https://www.businessinsider.com/hsbc-warns-earth-is-running-out-of-resources-for-life-2018-8 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

NASA's Commercial Crew Program is poised to return America's capability to launch U.S. astronauts from our nation's soil to the International Space Station.

NASA announces the men and women who will be on board the first flights of the new spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX when Americans are once again launched into space from the USA. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2KoGhVS The nine astronauts targeted to make the first flights on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon share their thoughts about the assignment and the importance of this new capability to support the International Space Station as part of the nation’s overall space exploration plan. More about the Commercial Crew Program: https://go.nasa.gov/1EIx5m6

NASA announced the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner on 3 August 2018. Astronauts Flying Boeing’s Crew Flight Test: Eric Boe, Chris Ferguson and Nicole Aunapu Mann. Astronauts Flying SpaceX’s Demo-2: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. Astronauts Assigned to Boeing’s First Mission: Josh Cassada and Suni Williams. Astronauts Assigned to SpaceX’s First Mission: Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins. The first crewed launches are currently targeted for April 2019 (SpaceX Demo-2) and mid-2019 (Boeing Crew Flight Test). Credit:NASA #LaunchAmerica #SpaceX #Boeing

Two Companies are racing to send the first tourists to the edge of space and back safely. Both Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic conducted test flights this month to reach their goals. Info about Blue Origin: https://www.blueorigin.com/ https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/blue-origin-mission-9-safe-escape-in-any-phase-of-flight Info about Virgin Galactic: https://www.virgingalactic.com/ https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/Into-the-Mesosphere-at-Mach-2/ Info about Copenhagen Suborbitals: https://copenhagensuborbitals.com/ EpicFutureSpace is producing short space themed news videos focused on human transportation. To support the show please visit https://www.patreon.com/epicfuturespace

Virgin Galactic conducted a supersonic test flight today of VSS Unity, a rocket-powered piloted Spaceship that will carry commercial passengers and scientific payloads to space. Following an initial and a subsequent supersonic test flight earlier this year, this marks the third powered flight and a key step forward in Virgin Galactic’s test program.

No one is any longer surprised at the number of sophisticated robots in a modern factory, although many people may be surprised at how robots are becoming an attractive option for complex operations in space, including construction, servicing, and rescuing of satellites. Please join our Hangout, when our regular moderators, Tony Darnell and Harley Thronson will discuss with Hsiao Smith (NASA GSFC) and Al Tadros (SSL) recent advances and the exciting future of space robotics. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK

NASA EDGE interviews Dragonfly Program Manager Jennifer Dawson about the latest developments in robotic assembly in space, and how having this flexibility allows NASA and its partners to think differently about building and operating structures in space. For more information on the specific missions visit the NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/irma/index.html

On July 10, 1962, the communications satellite Telstar 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to beam live television from Europe to the United States. This was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days after the launch, Telstar 1 transmitted the world's first transatlantic television signal. This demonstrated that transmitting information via satellite was feasible. Telstar transmitted images of President John F. Kennedy, singer Yves Montand from France, sporting events, Mount Rushmore, and the American flag waving. The satellite was only operational until Nov. of 1962. In that time, it assisted over 400 telephone, facsimile, telegraph, and television transmissions.

Rocket launches are expensive. Even with huge price drops from SpaceX and other New Space companies, there’s no cheap way to get stuff down here in Earth’s gravity well up to low Earth orbit. In order to really survive and thrive in space, we’ve got to learn to live off the land, to acquire the resources in space that will allow us to survive… in space. We’ve got to learn to turn those raw materials into forms we need: fuel, breathable air, water, construction materials, and eventually even finished goods like rocket parts and electronics. Download 3D models from NASA https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References https://www.quora.com/Rockets-What-is-cost-of-sending-1-kg-weight-into-space https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nextstep-2-isru-baa-industry-forum_11dec2017_0.pdf http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2017/1207-koreas-first-lunar-mission.html https://www.space.com/40400-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-satellite-mission-accomplished.html https://www.planetaryresources.com/missions/arkyd-6/ http://deepspaceindustries.com/dsi-raises-3-5m-series-a/ https://insights.globalspec.com/article/8323/harvesting-near-earth-asteroids-to-fuel-human-expansion-into-space https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/regolith/index.html https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/instruments/moxie/ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/3Dratchet_wrench/ http://madeinspace.us/ https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/ http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Building_a_lunar_base_with_3D_printing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9Ek3UgZaw https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp/ds1/tech/scarlet.html http://www.travisdeyle.com/files/publications/PV_TermPaper.pdf https://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/successes/ss/3-090text.html

In this week's questions show, I answer if it's a good idea to build a space internet, if microbes reach Mars, will they evolve into something new, where could we go after Mars, and more. Idea to save Spirit and Opportunity https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/mars-opportunity-and-spirit-rovers-could-have-lived-practically-forever-with-one-tiny-change-662b5321ec87 Stars Shine for Everyone https://universe2go.com/en/stars-shine-for-everyone-what-can-you-do/ 00:22 Space internet? 03:03 Evolving Mars microbes 04:26 After colonizing Mars? 05:38 Space telescope at Uranus? 07:15 No broom for Opportunity? 09:10 Why indulge trolls? 11:03 Seeing the Earth spin 12:13 Flying disk to Mars? 14:22 Core of the Milky Way? 15:52 Jamaica Telescope? 18:06 Proxima Centuri gravitational lens? Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001

Small satellite has an immense capability to change the life of billions of people on earth. They provide a cost-effective platform for science investigations, new technology demonstrations and advanced mission concepts using constellations, swarms disaggregated systems. Watch an exclusive interview with Christopher Richins, Co-founder and CEO of RBC Signals explaining opportunities and regulations related to small sats.

The last 6 months have seen some significant developments to the prospects of space tourism. Virgin Galactic are performing powered tests of the 3rd iteration of their suborbital spaceplane, Blue Origin have been demoing New Shepard as flown by Mannequin Skywalker. And on the other side of things, SpaceX confirmed it's no longer planning on using Falcon Heavy to send a pair of tourists around the moon.

A video from Axiom Space lays out the Houston-based company's vision for creating a new avenue for citizen spaceflight.

Join +Fraser Cain and +Pamela Gay for a live episode of Astronomy Cast. We'll record our 30-minute show, and then stay tuned for them to answer questions! Our knowledge of space is starting to match up with our ability to get out there an explore it. There are several companies working on missions and techniques to harvest minerals from asteroids. What other resources are out there that we can use?

According to a report by the Washington Post, NASA has confirmed that Jim Bridenstine has begun speaking with companies about the privatizing the International Space Station and how best to transform low-Earth orbit into a place of business. Gizmodo reports that Bridenstine said in a recent interview, "We’re in a position now where there are people out there that can do commercial management of the International Space Station. I’ve talked to many large corporations that are interested in getting involved in that through a consortium, if you will.” https://gizmodo.com/nasas-administrator-is-talking-to-private-companies-abo-1826573440 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Orion Span's CEO Frank Bunger joins us to talk about their upcoming commercial space station: Aurora. Frank also dives in to his larger vision of the future: humans living and working in the cosmos. Launches: Long March 2D Launches Gaofen-6 Space News: Curiosity Resumes Drilling Remembering Alan Bean and Don Peterson Jets seen by Rosetta caused by comet’s strange shape === CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION === Twitter.com/TMRO Facebook.com/TMROTV YouTube.com/TMRO Reddit.com/r/tmro Twitch.tv/TMRO TMRO.tv === OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL === All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD === TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED === TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for funding levels, goals and all of our different rewards!

[Space Tourism] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) has successfully conducted her second powered test flight on 29 May 2018. On this flight VSS Unity's motor burned for 31 seconds propelling the spacecraft to a speed of Mach 1.9 and an altitude of 114,500 ft. Video edited by: Go To Space Footage Courtesy: Virgin Galactic Video Song: Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d432TRZEeYw https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Outro Music : HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk - YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg - Twitter : https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS - Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ - Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg

The SpaceDataHighway system – the world’s first ‘optical fibre in the sky’ based on cutting-edge laser technology – has achieved 10,000 successful laser connections. The reliability rate has reached 99.8 percent, and during the first one and a half years of routine operations these successful connections have downloaded more than 500 terabytes of data. Read the PR: http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/05/spacedatahighway-10,000-successful-laser-connections.html

The formation of Maxar Technologies was breaking headlines all over in 2017. Merger of MDA with Digital Globe, and then acquiring SSL and Radiant Solutions together formed a company with a product suit which has four different capabilities like radar and optical imagery along with analytics and change detection. In an exclusive interview with the Geospatial World, Robert Zitz, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of SSL, elucidates how four different powerful companies together made Maxar technologies. Watch full interview to get deeper insights.

Even daily communication changes when living on the moon. Without air to carry our voices, we might rely on lasers to beam our message home.

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Richard Branson and all of the companies in the Virgin Group believe that having a firm, clearly understood purpose — and having a bit of fun when the time is right — is the best way to achieve great things. Recently, Richard joined our CEO, Dan Hart, to host a giant event for every single member of our team. We all got to hear directly from some of the leading innovators in the satellite industry, including Spire Global's CFO Bryan LeBlanc and Maxar Technologies' CEO Howard Lance, about the marvelous, world-changing things their satellites will achieve once we deliver them safely to Earth orbit. The theme for the event was "Level Up." When you level up, your team gets stronger, your resources get better, your challenges get tougher, and everything gets so much more rewarding. Although some of our biggest challenges still lie ahead, we’re so proud of the work our Virgin Orbit team has already accomplished in our journey to open up space for everyone. To wrap things up, just before adjourning for an epic party, we held a live and totally unscripted game show with our customers as contestants and Richard himself as host! You had to be there to truly experience it, but here's a quick recap of a marvelous event. Our thanks and admiration go to Howard, Bryan, Jenny Barna (Spire's Director of Launch — who had perhaps the best line of the night during the warm-up question for our game show), and the rest of our guests!

Blue Origin successfully completed the eighth launch of its New Shepard suborbital crewed vehicle. On Sunday, the reusable rocket shot into a cloudless sky above west Texas, reaching an impressive 351,000 feet. Company founder Jeff Bezos tweeted: “That’s the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations. One step closer.” Unlike rival SpaceX—which Elon Musk intends to eventually carry customers to Mars—Bezos’s private space firm is currently focused on suborbital spaceflight: blasting folks out of the atmosphere for a weightless romp, before returning to Earth. https://www.geek.com/tech/blue-origin-successfully-completes-another-launch-of-new-shepard-rocket-1738520/?source http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 8 (M8), the mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Mission 7. The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 351,000 feet (66 miles, 107 kilometers) – the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations. For the second time, Blue Origin’s test dummy “Mannequin Skywalker” flew to space conducting astronaut telemetry and science studies. The flight also carried research payloads for NASA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and commercial customers. Learn more about the payloads: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/payload-customers-on-new-shepards-8th-test-flight We look forward to sharing upcoming test flights as we continue our progress toward human spaceflight.

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Orion Span has ambitious plans to launch "Aurora Station" in 2021 and be able to accommodate guests at 200 miles above Earth in 2022. -- Read more: https://www.space.com/40207-space-hotel-launch-2021-aurora-station.html Credit: Space.com / visualizations courtesy Orion Span / produced and edited by @SteveSpaleta http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta

The path to discovery and exploration is paved with determination, innovation, and most of all, big ideas. The International Space Station is home to many of those ideas and creating new ways for small businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to test their science and technology in space every day.Formed in 2015 in response to the need for a commercial payload that would be available to private companies aboard the space station, Alpha Space is a woman- and minority-owned small business responsible for developing the Materials International Space Station Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF). https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m000274_Alpha-Space-Small-Business-Makes-Big-Strides_MXF

What rocket has 9 engines on its first stage, is built by a privately owned aerospace company, uses the most advanced manufacturing techniques available, is one of the cheapest rides to space and has a body that’s almost entirely made out of carbon fiber? If you said SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket you’d be wrong! (its body is aluminum) Move over SpaceX, there’s a new kid on the block! Well, maybe not move over, but pull up a chair to the orbital class rocket table! That’s right, Rocket Lab has officially become the second privately owned rocket company to achieve orbit with their beautiful Electron rocket. Today we’re going to give you a deep run down on some of the exciting features about the Electron, then we’re going to compare it to similar rockets including other upcoming small sat rockets, and past small sat rockets like SpaceX’s Falcon 1. We’re even going to throw in a Falcon 9 for comparison and see which rocket takes the cake for the cheapest ride to space with a cost per kilogram comparison. Oh, and I mean it when I say cake, I got this for the winner. Thanks Coyd'sLab for catching Humanity Star and sending those pictures! - https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder Show your support and join our discord channel and subreddit by becoming Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/