In this interview with Moonandback, Chairman of the U.S. Rocket Academy Edward Wright discusses the future of commercial spaceflight and how it may mirror the development of commercial aviation, and the coming of a new “jet set,” Edward Wright 03 from Moonandback Media on Vimeo. moonandbackWe are a magazine-style web site devoted to the coverage of space, with an [...]
Interview
Interview with LiftPort’s Michael J. Laine
Space elevators are usually the realm of science fiction, but Michael J. Laine is determined to build a real one. He first founded LiftPort in 2003 to develop technology for a Tethered Tower – a ribbon-like construct stretching towards space for robots to climb. The company encountered economic and legal difficulties and had to disband in 2007. But in the [...]
Interview with Secure World Foundation Director
Source Space.com: “SPACE.com caught up with Ray Williamson, executive director of the Secure World Foundation, an organization dedicated to the peaceful use of outer space, to talk about space debris, UARS, and why NASA can’t just destroy the darn satellite before it falls to Earth.” On the reasons for the popularity of the news: Ray Williamson: I think because we’re not [...]
