India Kickin’ Tail in Space

2013 and this last week have been full of successes for the Indian space programs.  Just last week, after 20 years of effort, the Indians managed to lift a satellite into geosynchronous orbit.  NVONews just posted yesterday a decent summary of Indian space activities. This is a good thing.  It means the Chinese are looking […]

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Too much XS–in government space

Every now and then, an article, like this one posted in USA Today, shows up.  The gist of the article is:  the Pentagon is looking for a “cheap” way to get satellites into space.  In this particular case they’re looking at a “space plane” called XS-1. We’ve heard this before, with pretty much the same […]

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