 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
NASA to aid commercial RLV industry
Washington (UPI) Oct 14, 2009 NASA and the U.S. Air Force say they are developing a "technology roadmap" for a commercial reusable launch vehicle, or RLV, industry. "NASA is committed to stimulating the emerging commercial reusable launch vehicle industry," said Lori Garver, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deputy administrator. "There is a natural evolutionary path from today's emerging commercial suborbital RLV industry to growing and developing the capability to provide low-cost, frequent and reliable access to low Earth orbit." Officials said the study will focus on identifying technologies and assessing their potential use to accelerate the development of commercial reusable launch vehicles that have improved reliability, availability, launch turn-around time, robustness and significantly lower costs than current launch systems. NASA said the project will officially begin at the Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange, to be held in Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 26-29. NASA said it and Air Force Research Laboratory officials will meet with representatives of the commercial RLV industry to "explore and understand their long-range growth plans and the technology they could use to implement those plans successfully." Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com
Iran To Launch Research Rocket Into SpaceTehran, Iran (XNA) Oct 08, 2009 Iran's Aerospace Research Center official announced on Tuesday that the country will launch its research rocket called Kavoshgar (Explorer) into space by the end of March 2010, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. "Iranian Kavoshgar rocket will be sent into the space by the end of the current (Iranian) year (ending on March 20) to do research studies," Head of Iran's Aerospace ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook