Space elevator business plan crashes to Earth
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Cease, and desist Today we bring you the surprising news that space elevators are not yet a viable business concern, as the Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division (DFISD) in the state of Washington issued a cease and desist order against LiftPort.â¦
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IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ...
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The crash of the Genesis spacecraft is a loss for NASA and for science. Once again, the potential of robotic space exploration is called into question.
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DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah - The Genesis space capsule, which promised scientists potential clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to Earth on Wednesday after its parachute failed to deploy.    It wasn't immediately known whether the cosmic samples had been destroyed...
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An unmanned rocket that took off from New Mexico's spaceport crashed in the desert, failing in its mission to reach sub-orbital space, officials said.
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A stout, star-spangled rocket plane has broken through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere to the edge of space for the second time in five days, capturing a $US10 million ($A13.
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TONY EASTLEY: A space capsule returning to earth with a payload of solar particles has crashed into the desert in Utah after its parachutes failed to open.
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LONDON: In an unfortunate coincidence for Britain&#39;s favourite entrepreneurial billionaire-showman, the promise to offer the world&#39;s first commercial space flights in less than three years, has hit its first stumbling block a dismal transport record back
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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A private space rocket launched from New Mexico malfunctions before it reaches space.
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The space capsule Genesis that was bringing to Earth solar particles, crashed Wednesday morning into the Utah Test and Training Range, and a live NASA feed to the Space
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Earthâs widening belt of clutter puts future space exploration at risk, but the solutions are expensive.
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By JOHN ANTCZAK     LONG BEACH, Calif.  -- It was billionaire Paul Allen's $20 million that allowed Burt Rutan to build SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed manned rocket to reach space...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - U.S. and Russian flight controllers worked to fully restore computers aboard the International Space Station on Thursday after a system crash that could force the $100 billion outpost's crew back to Earth.
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com September 29, 2004, 7:06 AM PT. MOJAVE, Calif.--A specialized plane carrying a suborbital spacecraft took off shortly before 7:15 am PDT in an attempt to complete the first phase in the race to privatize space travel.
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MOJAVE, Calif. Oct. 4, 2004 - A stubby rocket plane was slung from the belly of a carrier plane toward space Monday in the final leg of a trip toward the edge of the Earth&#39;s atmosphere and a $10 million prize.
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The Hubble space telescope&#39;s chances of survival were dealt a blow yesterday after the US National Academy of Sciences said plans for a robotic repair mission were both exorbitant and risky.