A reader provided links to photo essays about the Russian museum of the "NPP Zvezda" aerospace corporation.
Parabolic Arc has update on Firestar Technologies' new, environmentally friendly mono-propellant.. NOFBX, a nitrous oxide/fuel/emulsifier blend, will be tested next year on the ISS.
Parabolic Arc also reports that NASA has selected 7 companies for suborbital research flights under the Flight Opportunities Program. The selected companies will get two year IDIQ contacts with an aggregate value of $10M. That's what I call keeping your options open!
- Armadillo Aerospace, Heath, Texas
- Near Space Corp., Tillamook, Ore.
- Masten Space Systems, Mojave, Calif.
- Up Aerospace Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colo.
- Virgin Galactic, Mojave, Calif.
- Whittinghill Aerospace LLC, Camarillo, Calif.
- XCOR, Mojave, Calif.
Chris Taylor, who provides NARAM Live, has also announced that he will publish a free, semi-annual e-magazine entitled
Trust in Thrust. The full scope is up in the air, but initially will focus on micro/nano (think MicroMaxx) and "exotic/interesting" rockets. I'm not sure what the latter means but it opens the magazine up to pretty much whatever he wants in there. I won't post his email here. If you want to submit material, you can probably contact him through
Rocketry Live or the MicroMax Yahoo Group (login required).
