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Private space industry can't get to Mars without NASA
While the Mars rover Curiosity is discovering the building blocks of life on the Red Planet, many are equally excited about another development: Commercial companies have finally discovered profit in space. This is no small feat, considering the...Tags: John F. Kennedy, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Elon Musk, Science and Technology, NASA
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NASA to lease old KSC shuttle pad for commercial launches
WASHINGTON -- An old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center soon could be home to commercial rockets under a plan announced Friday by NASA. The agency plans to lease what's known as Pad 39A to prospective tenants. Possible candidates include...Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Orion Space Mission, NASA
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Boeing Co., Technology, Science and Technology, Rocketry
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Ted Cruz, Science and Technology
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Two tech executives quit Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us political group
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have quit Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group Fwd.us after protests from environmentalists and liberal groups, a person familiar with the situation said late...
Tags: Social Media, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, Immigration, Tesla Motors, Inc.
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Department of the Interior, Wildlife, Intracoastal Waterway
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: Satellite Technology, Technology, Richard Branson, Science and Technology, Rocketry
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Posey: Space Coast needs new, diversified jobs
The Orlando Sentinel, Washington BureauWASHINGTON — It's been a rocky few years for the Space Coast district represented by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge — starting with NASA's decision to retire the space shuttle in 2011. The end of the 30-year program led to thousands of...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Port Canaveral, Melbourne, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County
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Elon Musk really, really hates traffic jams
Apparently, billionaire Elon Musk is channeling John F. Kennedy, who famously intoned, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Musk, who wasn’t even born when Kennedy gave his inaugural...
Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, PayPal, Inc., John F. Kennedy, Travel, Getty Center
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405 project stuck in the slow lane
Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne. "The 405 … varies from bad to horrendous," said Musk, who also co-founded...
Tags: Career and Workplace, PayPal, Inc., Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Zev Yaroslavsky, Travel
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L.A. Now Live: 405 Freeway widening woes to continue
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has formally acknowledged the completion of the widening of the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 Freeway will be delayed at least 13 months. Projected date for completion is now mid-2014. A variety...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Hybrid Vehicles
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Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA
In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Orbital Sciences Corporation, Atlantic Ocean, Science and Technology
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