Events: Videos
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.
Elon Musk - National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009 | Space Foundation
"A video of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, speaking at the Space Foundations 25th National Space Symposium, April 1, 2009." Musk shows dramatic video of the successful Falcon 1 rocket launch, a recent Falcon 9 engine firing, and a high-quality animation of a future Falcon 9/Dragon capsule launch of human crew, transport of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, docking, undocking, reentry and water recovery using parachutes. In Q&A he reiterates their long-term goal of developing a fully-reusuable launch system, competing strongly in the international launch market, being a major cargo transporter to/from the ISS, and wanting to transport humans to LEO, the Moon and even Mars.