Personal Spaceflight: Presentations

World (New) Space Programs & Projects

By Clark Lindsey, Editor, HobbySpace.Com, Posted 2009-08-09

Link: http://www.hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/SpecialTopics/Events/2009/WorldNewSpace-SA-09.pdf Add your comments

Lindsey's presentation on non-U.S. "newspace" vehicles and technologies given at the 2009 Annual NewSpace Conference in Arizona provides a window to projects that are not often seen here. 

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Virgin Galactic Feathering Technology

By David Towers, Posted 2008-12-27

Link: http://www.slideshare.net/davidtowers/commercial-space-travel-feathering-technology Add your comments

This presentation on Virgin Galactic’s feathering technology describes a way to support more efficient commercial near-space travel. The feathering, or inward tilting of the spacecraft wings, offers benefits for commercial sub-orbital space flights.

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Space Tourism: Risks And Rewards

By J. Duncan Law-Green, Posted 2009-01-07

Link: http://www.slideshare.net/Stellvia/space-tourismrisks-and-rewards Add your comments

A good recent overview of the status of and key issues for the space tourism market.

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