New York (CNN Business) Richard Branson, the thrill-seeking British billionaire , founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 on the promise that a privately developed spacecraft would make it possible for hundreds of people to become astronauts, no NASA training required. And if a 2,500-mile-per-hour ride to the edge of space sounded off-putting, Branson also pledged to take the journey himself before letting paying customers on board.
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Review: In ‘Proxima,’ Eva Green preps for space travel in a sexist world | Datebook
Perhaps that’s because "Proxima" remains a down-to-earth affair, most of the way, toward liftoff. The film centers around the training and issues facing Sarah Loreau — played by Eva Green in her finest and most demanding performance to date — after she’s chosen for an International Space Station mission.
Directed by France’s Alice Winocour, the movie follows Sarah from her home in France to Germany, where she drops off her less-than-thrilled 7-year-old daughter, Stella (Zélie Boulant, with a performance as multifaceted as any adult in the film), with her ex, Thomas (Lars Eldinger). He’s also a space scientist and supports Sarah in this great opportunity, at least when it’s not an inconvenience for him.
Japan's floating spaceport to bring space travel to city
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A group of designers and architects are working on a four-story, futuristic spaceport city that floats in Tokyo Bay.
It's designed to launch tourists on day trips to space where they will be able to see the curvature of the Earth and experience zero gravity.
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In Houston, the home of NASA's astronaut program at Johnson Space Center, work is underway to transform a former airport into a commercial spaceport.
Mark Kelly and the Allure of Astronaut Politicians - The Atlantic
In November 1969, Barry Goldwater, the Republican senator from Arizona, told reporters that he probably wouldn't seek reelection. Once the Republican Party's pick for president, Goldwater would leave big shoes to fill. And he already had a successor in mind: Frank Borman, an astronaut who, a year earlier, had flown to the moon and back on Apollo 8. Borman, who grew up in Arizona, wasn't interested, and anyway, Goldwater ended up running again.
"Mark was the best candidate that the Democrats recruited to run for a U.S. Senate spot," Chuck Coughlin, a longtime GOP strategist in Arizona, told me. And Kelly's trips to space might have helped. "It's still a glamorous thing to be an astronaut," Coughlin said.
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TV Guy: over-the-hill nerdy overlooked astronauts want to get to the moon
-- What is it about space travel that inspires comedy? And some rather elaborate concepts for series? Technically, the new comedy "Moon Base 8" (11 p.m. Sunday, Showtime, TV-14) doesn't take place in space.
Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly star as nerdy, over-the-hill and slightly overlooked astronauts stationed at NASA's Moon Base Simulator in Arizona. They hope that mastering this pretend lunar mission will launch them onto the real thing, revive their careers and earn them the fame and respect that have eluded them.
'Proxima' Movie Review: The Space Travel Between Us - Rolling Stone
This science-fiction–inflected drama by Alice Winocour, however, is more interested in the things one cannot train for: in this case, the delicate line Sarah must now walk between being a divorced mother/caretaker for her daughter, Stella (Zélie Boulant-Lemesle), and the fulfillment of her own dreams. Stella, whose very name means star , has a Skywatcher telescope of her own, powerful enough to see to Mars from her bedroom.
But Winocour is too sensitive a writer for Sarah’s plights to be reduced to workplace politics or a suppressed maternal emotions. The French filmmaker co-wrote the 2015 Oscar-nominated drama Mustang , about a quintet of young Turkish women whose self-discoveries are at odds with the mores of their guardians, and for writing and directing the Matthias Schoenaerts vehicle Disorder , which took on PTSD.
NASA looks to use Electric Propulsion for future Space Travel - Clarksville, TN Online
But what if the most powerful propulsion system in NASA's toolbox produces less than one pound of thrust while reaching speeds of up to 200,000 mph? What if it costs less, carries more, and uses less fuel?
A solar electric propulsion Hall Effect thruster being tested under vacuum conditions at NASA. (NASA)
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It can reduce the amount of fuel, or propellant, needed by up to 90% compared to chemical propulsion systems, saving millions in launch costs while providing greater mission flexibility.
NASA Introduces Innovative, Radical In-Space Electric Propulsion System for Future Space Travel
(NASA) – Since the beginning of the space program, people have been captivated by big, powerful rockets—like NASA's Saturn V rocket that sent Apollo to the lunar surface, or the Space Launch System that will produce millions of pounds of thrust as it sends Artemis astronauts back to the Moon.
But what if the most powerful propulsion system in NASA's toolbox produces less than one pound of thrust while reaching speeds of up to 200,000 mph? What if it costs less, carries more, and uses less fuel?
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