Sentences with phrase «for space launches»

Eventually, independent companies will likely offer additional options for space launches.

SpaceX's Dragon launch is just one in a busy week for space launches.

India and Russia both maintained that the engines would have been used only for space launches.

With Russia's hunger for hard currency, Western launch companies feared that Russia might take a large slice of the market for space launches, using boosters built during the Cold War.

@Quaternion «an ICBM sits on a Saturn rocket» No it doesn't: Saturn was specifically developed for space launches.

NASA Armstrong's highly modified F / A -18 A Full Scale Advanced Systems Testbed aircraft No. 853 validated the effectiveness of the Adaptive Augmenting Controller developed by NASA Marshall engineers for the Space Launch System.

In addition to planetary science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).

Within 90 days [due approx January 2011] after the date of enactment of this Act, or upon completion of reference designs for the Space Launch System and Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle authorized by this Act, whichever occurs first, the Administrator shall provide a detailed report to the appropriate committees of Congress that provides an overall description of the reference vehicle design, the assumptions, description, data, and analysis of the systems trades and resolution process, justification of trade decisions, the design factors which implement the essential system and vehicle capability requirements established by this Act, the explanation and justification of any deviations from those requirements, the plan for utilization of existing contracts, civil service and contract workforce, supporting infrastructure utilization and modifications, and procurement strategy to expedite development activities through modification of existing contract vehicles, and the schedule of design and development milestones and related schedules leading to the accomplishment of operational goals established by this Act.

Palazzo said he would continue to raise concerns about certain issues, however, including «distractions» like ARM and the need for adequate funding for the Space Launch System (SLS).

Presently I manage all government task requirements pursuant to integration of the upper stage element of the first flight vehicle for the Space Launch System (SLS) Program.

Not exact matches

Four years later, this space propulsion start - up, Accion Systems, is running smoothly and readying for first space launch.

We do expect to generate pretty decent net cash flow from launching lots of satellites and servicing the space station for NASA, transferring cargo to and from the space station, and then I know that there's a lot of people in the private sector who are interested in helping fund a base on Mars.

And we believe that we can do this with the revenue we receive for launching satellites and for servicing the space station.

Gilliland notes private company Solara bested the government - funded Human Genome Project by hitting important milestones first, and Elon Musk's SpaceX found a way to send rockets into space for a fifth the cost of a NASA launch.

In each of my former positions, I assumed entrepreneurial - type roles, whether that be managing product launches or guiding brand innovation for large companies in the food, credit - card service and automotive space.

«We're there to guide, guard and inspire and create this safe space and launching platform for women to grow their businesses.»

CNBC's Morgan Brennan reports on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch and comments from CEO Elon Musk on the potential for a new space race.

Since launching in 2010, WeWork has become the go - to coworking space and office provider for growing startups and fledgling freelancers alike.

Musk believes that if the Falcon Heavy can successfully get its very cool payload into space, it will no longer make sense to use other vehicles certified for heavy lift launches, like the Delta IV Heavy, Russia's Proton, or Europe's Ariane 5.

Launched in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Krypto Labs, an incubator, accelerator and co-working space for startups and entrepreneurs worldwide opened to the public earlier this week.

SpaceX spends nearly $ 37 million to build, fuel, and launch each rocket, for roughly a 40 % margin, according to a Space News analysis.

For years, private space programs consisted of daring engineers in the middle of the desert attempting to launch one rocket after another.

It was not until 1957, with the Soviet launch of Sputnik - 1 using an R - 7 rocket — a Soviet ICBM also capable of delivering thermonuclear warheads — that the US government began to consider the use of rockets for space exploration.

Only after the Falcon Heavy is rigorously tested and SpaceX manages to deliver on its promises of cheaper space launches, a return to the moon, and a mission to Mars (or fail to, for that matter) will we be able to say for sure which rocket was the true champion of human space exploration.

For Moon Express and any other space company, the key to sustainability is getting the cost of launches down.

Oceanic data is valuable, but for decades the only way to study the world's hostile waters was to deploy a stationary buoy, launch a satellite into space, or send a government research vessel that runs hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to operate — on top of its initial price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars.

When Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of electric - car company Tesla, founded SpaceX back in 2002, he probably didn't envision that his company, which designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, would be responsible for delivering better coffee to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

Next year, when we launch our next one - for - one product, it'll most likely not be in the fashion and lifestyle space — and that will be the next big challenge for TOMS.

No mere observer of the start - up process, Lewis launched his own company with $ 200 while in college.He operated from his dorm for two years before relocating to a space sandwiched between a sewage - treatment plant and a nuclear - dump site.

«I'll just be happy if it clears the pad and doesn't blow the pad to smithereens,» he told Business Insider's space correspondent, Dave Mosher (who's on the ground in Florida for the launch).

A military satellite launched by Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies appears to have crashed into the sea following a malfunction in the latter stages of its ascent, representing a potential setback for the billionaire's rocket program.

A U.S. - led coalition has been launching airstrikes on Islamic State militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive.

Other winners: Boeing, which picked up $ 18 million for its own seven - person space capsule, and the United Launch Alliance, a Boeing - Lockheed Martin joint project, which received $ 6.7 million to develop a way to monitor the health of unmanned rockets that could be recycled to launch manned spaceLaunch Alliance, a Boeing - Lockheed Martin joint project, which received $ 6.7 million to develop a way to monitor the health of unmanned rockets that could be recycled to launch manned spacelaunch manned spacecraft.

He values it so much that when he launched his new messaging app for college students, called Islands, he rented a space in student housing at the University of Western Ontario so he could be closer to his potential customers.

The sequel, Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, was created with a smaller team and took less time to make, and it also saw a sales bump being one of the launch titles for Sony's new Vita handheld console, all of which made it a considerably more profitable project.

«At our age, it's very important for us to see the results of our efforts,» Bob says... Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster, has launched with three partners the Founders Den, a shared office space and private club for start - ups in San Francisco.

As countdowns go, it may not be as exciting as a Space Shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral or as colorful as a Miss America context, but following the top - five countdown of America's top states for business has its share of suspense.

The Falcon Heavy has enough thrust to launch payloads heavier than a car into space and could be used for future manned missions to the moon, and beyond.

Plug and Play Tech Center is launching an accelerator program exclusively for Bitcoin startups, and it's making other investments in the Bitcoin space as well.

In Europe, Marriott International has launched Moxy Hotels, an affordable, stylish concept with compact rooms but generous communal spaces designed for work and play.

If you're launching something in a space where there are a lot of people trying to do something similar — for example, a consumer product — then the bar for MVP should be ridiculously high.

That's an oxymoron,» said one source, referencing the newly launched Thinx Foundation, the company's nonprofit arm that seeks to provide safe spaces for girls in India and Sri Lanka.

The latest app that is launching into this space is AppU2, a Silicon Valley based tech start - up that describes itself as a smart messaging service for every desire.

For the past 25 years, Miller has traveled all across the US, photographing decommissioned NASA, Air Force, Army and commercial space launch and test sites.

However, the space agency's Mars 2020 rover is expected to launch in July 2020, meaning it should arrive more than a decade earlier and gather samples for a future return mission.

Still, while other companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are planning much of their business around space flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space Staspace flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space StaSpace Station.

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Last month, Goldman Sachs launched a lineup of ETFs for the buzzy «smart beta» space, including a U.S. large - cap fund with an expense ratio of 0.09 percent — the same as the fee on the SPDR S&P 500.

Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, an online framing company based in Lanham, Md., set up her team of five at a co-working space when she launched in 2014 but realized almost immediately it was not right for the daily operations of her business.

She calls 2017 the «year of the «pinkcubator,»» when The Pink Ceiling will launch a coworking space for founders in Raleigh.