by Rob Coppinger | Feb 2, 2009 | Seradata News
credit NASA / caption: the pilot lost an eye, if such an event strikes space tourism what will be lost?The 10 May 1967 crash of NASA’s M2-F2 lifting body, pictured above, is well known because the US television series Six Million Dollar Man used film...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 19, 2008 | Seradata News
credit: Xcor AerospaceKindly provided by Xcor Aerospace, click on this image for a gigantic version that can brighten up your desktop backgroundAnd dare I say it but feel free to use Hyperbola’s share it feature to share this image, all in the Christmas spirit,...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 2, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital
At 1000h local time in California (1800h GMT) Xcor Aerospace has its press conference about its first customer, now known to be Danish citizen Per Wimmer, its first travel agent and technical advances for its proposed suborbital Lynx vehicleI have been provided...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 2, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital
credit: Xcor / caption: Per Wimmer is on the leftYes, as a P. W. Mothman has commented (on this earlier post) the Xcor customer is Danish born, UK resident Per Wimmer. Xcor cheekily, and perhaps at some risk, published the above photo but without caption so unless you...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 13, 2008 | Seradata News
credit: Swedish Space CorporationIt can’t be denied that publicity surrounding the Swedish Space Corporation’s (SSC) proposed Spaceport Sweden since January 2007 would have done nothing but good for tourism for that nordic country’s most...
