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This is not the first time I have seen images of this bird in flight, but it is the first public venue at which a Rocket Racer has flown and the second rocket powered aircraft ever to fly at the Oshkosh AirVenture. The first was a few years back (four? five?) and was also an XCOR powered craft, the EZ-Rocket, trailered from Mojave to Oshkosh by that company. The XCOR engined Rocket Racer is a... ... Source: hobbyspace.com --- 21 days ago
The XCOR X-Racer resumed flight tests this week and carried out "longer flights and more aerobatics". Alan Radecki posts some pictures: Rocket Racer's Unusual Attitudes - Mojave Skies . Alan also says: All in all, it was quite a little show, and flight line crews at FTA as well as hangar construction crews at NTPS all stopped, watched and cheered. With the supposed public debut of the Racer at Oshkosh coming up soon, it appears that the folks at the Rocket Racing League have quite a spectacular crowd pleaser on their hands! ... Source: www.tvturismo.com --- 123 days ago
Todavía no se han comercializado los vuelos suborbitales de Virgin Galactic (que lo harán a mediados del año que viene) y ya tiene competencia con los vuelos suborbitales de bajo coste que lanzará la compañía XCOR Aerospace. Los vuelos de bajo coste llegarán al turismo espacial en 2010 cuando lanzarán una nave supersónica que pondrá en [...] ... Source: www.freerepublic.com --- 120 days ago
When XCOR Aerospace last week unveiled the design of its suborbital spacecraft, intended to offer a glimpse of black sky and the Earth below to space tourists, one of those excited about the opportunity to experience what few have before was Esther Dyson. Dyson, of EDventure Holdings, ... is one of the investors who will help make it possible. Dyson is an angel investor, an individual who provides seed money for a young company, typically bridging the gap between self-funding and the later, larger investment by venture capitalists. "She has a knack for finding what's new and different in technology,"... ... Source: www.shoutwire.com --- 127 days ago
For only $100,000 the XCOR Lynx rocket plane will take you to see the start and experience weightlessness starting in 2010. ...
Source: www.flightglobal.com --- 49 days ago
XCOR Aerospace is by July to restart flight testing its XR-4K14 1,500lb-thrust (6.67kN) liquid oxygen/kerosene engine... ... Source: blog.globaltravelnews.net --- 116 days ago
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I have just received some photos from one of our XCOR readers who has had the good fortune to actually fly in one these beauties. Getting ready for takeoff. Photo: With thanks to Mike Massee/XCOR/Rocket Racing League Rolling down the runway with a tail of fire. Photo: With thanks to Mike Massee/XCOR/Rocket Racing League It must have been really loud where the photographer was standing! Photo: With thanks to Mike Massee/XCOR/Rocket Racing League You can... ... Source: www.compilots.com --- 127 days ago
The race to become the first private company capable of launching paying customers into space got more crowded last week as a small but well-respected California firm announced plans to have a two-seat spacecraft ready within 2 years. ... Source: www.parabolicarc.com --- 42 days ago
XCOR Begins Lynx Build Rob Coppinger Hyperbola Blog Coppinger has photos of XCOR’s Lynx high-altitude tourism vehicle, now being assembled at the company’s facility in Mojave, Calif. XCOR Rocket Engine to Continue Flight Testing Rob Coppinger Flight Global XCOR Aerospace is by July to restart flight testing its XR-4K14 1,500lb-thrust (6.67kN) liquid oxygen/kerosene engine and the aircraft it propels, the Rocket Racing [...] ... Source: www.edventure.com --- 116 days ago
[Disclosure/context: I’m an investor in XCOR, the company that announced its Lynx rocket-powered, two-person vehicle last week.] Last month I was invited to give the outsider’s perspective at XCOR’s press conference announcing the Lynx, which was fully covered elsewhere, including the Wall Street Journal and WIRED. Here’s what I said (slightly cleaned up): When I was growing [...] ... Source: www.newvoyagenews.com --- 126 days ago
A small California aerospace company today unveiled a new suborbital spaceship that will provide affordable front-seat rides to the edge of space for the millions of people who want to buy a ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a-l1tb1rPg The company, XCOR Aerospace, of Mojave, CA, announced that its two-seat Lynx suborbital spaceship will carry people or payloads to where they [...] ... Source: hobbyspace.com --- 81 days ago
Check out this page of pictures, video and info about the Cal State Long Beach/ Garvey Spacecraft launch in April of a LOX/Methane powered reusable rocket: Flight Test of LOX/Methane Rocket - CSLB === Charles Lurio says in his latest newsletter that XCOR will use a LOX/Methane engine to power the CUB (Containerized Upper Booster) that will be carried by the Lynx Mark II for putting small payloads (10-20kg) into orbit. === BTW: Charles also reports that Mike Kelly will not take the FAA/AST Chief Engineer job after all. Instead he has chosen to go to work for a private company. === More about the final NM spaceport tax decision: /-- How to sell a spaceport tax - Space Politics /-- Residents urged to back tax - Alamogordo Daily News ... Source: academicvc.blogspot.com --- 126 days ago
Today has just been insanely busy (which is why I'm not in L.A. for the announcement), and this is my first spare moment at my desk, but a lot of people have noticed that XCOR made the Drudge Report today! I've also been told via Twitter that we were on CNBC. So, finally, we're able to talk about the Air Force contract and the Lynx spaceplane. If a picture is worth 1000 words, what is a video worth? And, before you ask... yes, I am 6'4" and, yes, I fit in the cockpit. I've checked. :-) Press release here ; good articles here and here . ... Source: gadgettech.plentysite.com --- 110 days ago
Filed under: Transportation Crazy though it may be, XCOR's looming Lynx isn't the first rocket ship built to take Earthlings to outer space , but it's definitely taking a different approach than that of the SpaceShipTwo . Unveiled as the "sports car of commercial spaceflight," the smallish craft is only designed to carry two individuals (or a driver and cargo), meaning that you and your SO will have to take turns shooting up to some 61-kilometers above the ground. Reportedly, Lynx would be fueled by a kerosene / liquid oxygen mixture and could take off and land from traditional airstrips, and while it could manage several flights per day, each one is only slated to last 25 minutes. Sadly, the $64,000 (likely more, actually) question of how much this joyride will cost has yet to be answered, but optimistic minds are hoping to see test flights commence in 2010. [Via NewScientist ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ... Source: www.popularmechanics.com --- 78 days ago
Is the private sector about to overtake NASA in space? In a PM Roundtable, new FAA commercial space chief George Nield, XCOR spokesman Doug Graham and Teal Group analyst Marco Cacheras predict the future of backyard rocket power. Plus Glenn Reynolds calls on Congress for the re-opening of a moon treaty, and software geek-cum-space engineer Fred Bourgeois breaks down his team's open-source plan to win the Google Lunar X Prize featured on the cover of PM's new issue. ... Source: codigopgt.wordpress.com --- 126 days ago
El pasado jueves 26 de marzo, se realizó el primer vuelo experimental con rotundo éxito de lo que será el arranque definitivo en un par de años del turismo espacial. El XCOR Lynx Mark 1 es una nave ligera, de funcionamiento económico, fabricada con la finalidad de ofrecer a turistas del espacio viajes [...] ... Source: gadgetcrunch.net --- 119 days ago
Who's ready for a private ride into space? Get your ticket for the Lynx. ... Source: hobbyspace.com --- 115 days ago
The Rocket Racing news conference is in the morning and I will try to blog it while listening via the phone line. Here is some preview info: Look! In the Sky. It's a Rocket Racer. - New York Times The engines will come from two companies, Whitelaw said: XCOR Aerospace of Mojave, Calif., and Armadillo Aerospace of Mesquite, Tex. Armadillo was founded by John Carmack, a high-tech businessman who created successful video games, including Doom and Quake. The first public taste of rocket racing will take place Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 in Oshkosh, Wis., Whitelaw said, at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association air show. It will involve two of the sleek aircraft developed for the league. The racers will also perform at air shows in Nevada and New Mexico. (More information is available at rocketracingleague.com .) Competition should begin in 2009, the founders said. ... Find more results for XCOR on RSSMicro.com |
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68 percent of Americans believe in angels and 38 percent believe in UFOs. So what's not to like about a panel featuring early stage investors known as angel investors talking about strange new spacecraft? Remember the NewSpace nerds* from Las Vegas ? This weekend, these scrappy commercial space entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers have gathered in Virginia's slightly-less-sparkly Crystal City and I stopped by to see if they're still up to their old tricks. Having a conference in a down-at-the-heels commercial district just outside D.C. offers up a pleasing metaphor for an industry that has mixed feelings about its runt position at the government teat. Asked about the impact of government money on a small space company, one panelist raised his crossed fingers in front of him, as if to ward off evil. Another panelist, former venture capitalist Marco Rubin, said "Government money is the cheapest form of money. But I’ve seen it become crack cocaine for some serial entrepreneurs.” Certain kinds of government contracts can be a "culture killer" for companies that value being "light, nimble, and entrepreneurial," says Andrew Nelson, COO of the space firm XCOR Aerospace . Nelson also suggested that government cash-dependent companies grow more slowly than their fully-private counterparts. But then all the panelists acknowledged that most large, successful space companies eventually depend on government revenue to survive, at least in ...