by Spyros Georgilidakis | Oct 13, 2021 | News
The second space flight of Blue Origin had William Shatner, aka Captain James Kirk, as a passenger, making him the oldest person in space. The whole affair has received a lot of criticism as a “billionaires’ race”. But it is an industry that could reach a value of $3...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Oct 10, 2021 | News
A company called World View announced their entry into space tourism, offering passengers a balloon ride into space! Well – to 100,000 feet. In April 2001 Dennis Tito, an LA-based millionaire, hitched a ride to Russia’s Mir space station. Some argue that he wasn’t the...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 20, 2021 | News
11 days after Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and his crew mates today flew to space on their Blue Origin New Glenn capsule. Security around “Launch Site One” in West Texas was tight, including road closures. These disappointed some would-be...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 11, 2021 | News
After decades of preparation, Virgin Galactic flew its rocket plane to space, with all seats full – and Richard Branson in one of them. And then announced a way we could all take part, on a future flight! The sleepy New Mexico town of Truth or Consequences hasn’t had...
