Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Boeing Unveils Air-Launched Space-Access Concept

Boeing Unveils Air-Launched Space-Access Concept
AviationWeek, 21 May 2012
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_05_21_2012_p25-458597.xml&p=1

Piece by piece, parts of the puzzle that may conceivably drive down costs to as low as $300,000 per launch, are falling into place, according to hypersonic researchers at Boeing. Building on these pieces, the company has unveiled a small launch vehicle (SLV) concept aimed at the smallsat market, and it could be in service as early as 2020.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Day At FAR

A Day At FAR
Flickr, 5 May 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neutronium/sets/72157629979117049/

I went out to FAR on 5 May 2012 and took a bunch of pictures of the goings-on.

Friends of Amateur Rocketry, FAR, is a place to test and launch high power, amateur and experimental rockets.