Privatizing Spaceflight
The commercialization of space
Development of manned spacecraft financed by private business or individuals
The X-PRIZE for privately financed spaceflight
SpaceShipOne wins the X-Prize
The Virgin Galactic website
The Space Adventures website
The Rocketplane website
Starchaser Industries
The Blue Origin website
The XCOR website
The Armadillo Aerospace website
The private launch firm SpaceX
Bigelow Aerospace — the space hotel people
America's Space Prize for the development of a privately developed, reusable spacecraft capable of reaching earth orbit
Feb 20, 2010
"NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced today the space agency will fund dozens of science and education payloads to fly on commercial suborbital vehicles."
Feb 19, 2010
"Space Exploration Technologies' new Falcon 9 rocket is assembled in Cape Canaveral, FL for a debut in the first half of 2010."
Feb 18, 2010
Working has begun pouring concrete for the runway at the nation's first commercial spaceport.
Jan 29, 2010
The site of America's first commercial spaceport is bustling with construction activity.
Jan 26, 2010
The elite band of super-rich tourists willing to pay millions of dollars to voyage to the International Space Station are spotlighted in a documentary vying for honors at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jan 21, 2010
Bigelow Aerospace is continuing with its efforts to develop inflatable modules for the construction of private space stations and hotels in space. Bigelow is partnered with Boeing in the NASA's Commercial Crew Development initiative.
Jan 1, 2010
Commercial spaceflight has made fantastic progress in the last ten years. The industry looks to have a great future, but major hurdles remain.
Dec 22, 2009
A collection of images from the rollout of SpaceShipTwo in Mojave, California, earlier this month. By jeff@thespacereview.com (Jeff Foust).
