"When you start thinking about who's going to be the next Neil Armstrong, you're going to be looking for that combination of achievement and that personality that catches the public's attention, the person who has the 'it' factor," Weitekamp says.
This may worth something:
41% Of Britons Would Put Money Aside For Space Travel In Near Future – Survey - Minutehack
Two fifths of Britons would put money aside to be able to travel to space imminently, a survey suggests.
While only 1% of those surveyed would put together more than £15,000, more than a quarter (29%) said they would be willing to part with up to £50.
When asked how much they would currently be willing to set aside to be able to travel to space imminently, 41% said between £0-£50 and £1,000-£5,000.
Asgardia, the organisation hoping to become the first space nation, commissioned a survey of 2,102 adults in the UK analysing the financial pledges they would make in order to explore space.
Meet the world’s youngest astronaut-in-training: She’s from south Louisiana
Many say they want to be an astronaut when they grow up, but Alyssa Carson took her childhood dream to new heights. Today, the 18-year-old Baton Rouge native is the world’s youngest astronaut-in-training and is prepping to be the first human on Mars .
Carson, currently a college freshman studying astrobiology at Florida Tech, was, at 15, the youngest person ever accepted into the prestigious Advanced PoSSUM Space Academy. While there, she became certified in applied astronautics, allowing her to do a sub-orbital research flight and journey into the cosmos.
Virgin Galactic has a plan to grow its business beyond space tourism
Virgin Galactic (SPCE) hopes to launch the first private commercial space tourism flight into space by the end of this year, but the company is also trying to revolutionize space travel on Earth.
"What we are doing is essentially the only company that's going to be taking people admittedly up to space," CEO George Whitesides told Yahoo Finance's On the Move . "But taking people inside a winged vehicle faster than supersonic speed, we're the only company going to be doing that with a winged vehicle."
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Photos inside NASA, Axiom space homes for space tourism - Business Insider
Space exploration company Axiom is launching a space tourism program to fly tourists to the International Space Station.
NASA and Axiom enlisted 71-year-old French designer Philippe Starck to design interiors for these visits, which are planned to start in 2024. Starck has a history in all aspects of unusual design, from hotels to yachts to an individual wind turbine .
The modules designed by Starck will house national astronauts from countries that are not members of the International Space Station, plus private citizens, according to Architectural Digest. Anyone who pays the price and undergoes 15-week training can board a spaceflight. Prices are reportedly as high as $35,000.
Lumberton students' project will go to outer space on rocket, allow astronauts to test concrete
LUMBERTON, Texas — Two Lumberton High School students are set to make their mark on space travel with an experiment to test how concrete works in outer space.
Dr. Nick Brake at Lamar University helped the Lucas Mason and Austin Havard research and develop the idea. Brake is an associate professor of civil engineering.
"What we want to do is see if this ultra-high performance material it works very well down here. Can it up there as well for the purpose of colonization or building structures in space," Dr. Nick Brake said.
Blast off: space minnow Indonesia eyes celestial success - France 24
Workers snap the miniature rocket's wings into place as Indonesia's little-known space agency readies its latest launch on barren scrubland in East Java.
With a 3,2,1 blast off, the two-metre-long projectile belches a trail of fire and then soars a few hundred metres before crashing in a heap -- earning a thumbs up from scientists who declared the test a success.
It's a very long way from a Mission Control in Houston, but the Southeast Asian archipelago's answer to NASA has big hopes and is now planning to build its first spaceport on a tropical island off the coast of easternmost Papua.
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms - Room: The Space Journal
The presence of prolonged microgravity in space has long been known to have a negative impact on the human body such as deterioration of bones and muscles. Rotating space platforms have the potential to mitigate the health risks for prolonged space travel by creating an Earth-like artificial gravity environment for the habitants. In this article, Tigran Mkhoyan elaborates on his presentation in the 'Artificial Gravity' segment of October's Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC).
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NASA is currently recruiting new astronauts. Will the next Neil Armstrong be among them? https://t.co/4RySR8HJFC marinakoren (from Washington, D.C. / The Milky Way) Mon Mar 02 18:21:35 +0000 2020
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