May 2021
Visions of beating gravity
... branch, so I’m now trying to convince management to initiate partnerships with the major commercial space companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. A weightless environment would be perfect for me to live and work in, and before too...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... the various propulsion functions mentioned earlier. Nitrous oxide / polyamide hybrid rocket motor that powered Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo. A comparison of nitrous oxide propellant to the most common oxidiser alternatives and hydrazine is given...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
...not be granted. Members of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Go-Team inspect a tail section of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo experimental spaceflight test vehicle, which suffered a catastrophic in-flight breakup during a test flight...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... of course the investors in the US that have started developing private space capabilities. Think about the flights of Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin and of course, SpaceX, which has developed the Dragon Spacecraft. So we see, in the United...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
...’s hiatus - since the last private visit to the International Space Station - is now beginning to pick up momentum again. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity passenger space plane is released from the mothership on 11 July 2021, its rocket igniting to send...
02 December 2014
SpaceShipTwo lost
.... While pilot Peter Siebold escaped by parachute with only moderate injuries, sub-orbit space tourism company Virgin Galactic (VG) now faces a year-long wait, with the detailed accident investigation work being conducted by the US National...
