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You can go into suborbital space and all it will cost you is too much money!

Jul 30, 2010
A company called XCOR Aerospace wants to be the Jet Blue of space travel. They're offering four days of training followed by suborbital space...

Google's got a space program?

Jul 28, 2010
Yep, Google's got a space program. The NYT has a profile of the woman in charge, Tiffany Montague. Google is not so much thinking in terms of...

Get energy from the stars

Jun 4, 2010
Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it? Scientists at the wonderfully named National Ignition Facility are conducting an enormous laser fusion...