Personal Spaceflight: Videos
Magic in the Mojave: NewSpace Visionaries Live Here
This video takes you into the soul of the Mojave Air & SpacePort, a very special zone in the California desert where advanced technologies are developed that can take us to the edge of space and can send small spacecraft into Earth orbit. It's the Silicon Valley of advanced air and space technologies.
Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight | You Tube
"In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off." Rutan shares his vision for how the emerging commercial space industry can help inspire the next generation to become the innovative pathfinders to the future.
Living and Working in Space Movie - Spaceports
“Spaceports: Whether you’re talking about privately owned and operated rockets to ferry cargo to low earth orbit, or the customers already in line for the opportunity to weightlessly gaze upon Earth from outer space, the “personal space flight revolution” will bring a new element of infrastructure to our communities” Spaceports both proposed and in development across the US are profiled in this 12 minute video. Since this was made in 2005, SpaceShipTwo has passed a successful test flight and Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement with that company to provide spacecraft and with SpacePort America in New Mexico to fly passengers to the edge of space. Much progress has been made in the last 4 years and is continuing.