Sentences with phrase «private space companies»

For those who haven't yet taken action, the smart time to get involved with private space companies is right now.

«Up until this point, space transportation has been an exclusively money - losing proposition, and when things lose money, you don't do a lot of them,» said Jeff Greason, founder and CEO of private space company XCOR.

With the emergence of ambitious private space companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and others, though, who's allowed to do what in the solar system is less clear.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos» private space company Blue Origin announced plans in June to build a rocket engine facility in Alabama.

Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, also heads up the Blue Origin private space company, which successfully launched a rocket on Sunday.

Obama has been battling some in Congress over his plans to use more private space companies, like Space X, for getting people to orbit with NASA concentrating on missions to send astronauts to new places, such as nearby asteroids.

Now private space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are enthusiastic and ready to cooperate with NASA in order to start deeper exploration on Earth's only satellite, the moon.

Through strategic Space Act Agreements and significant Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contracts, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has helped prepare private space companies to lead a new age of American spaceflight.

Various private space companies have focused on launching satellites, with hazy side - bets on future colonization ventures.

While private space companies were making their move, NASA began testing the J - 2X rocket engine, one of the powerhouses behind the agency's Space Launch System that could drive the next stage of manned space exploration.

Although President Trump hasn't spoken about NASA's moon mission in detail, people close to him — and some former NASA officials — have made it clear that there is interest in the White House to return to the moon in partnership with private space companies.

Eric Stallmer, president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation — a coalition of private space companies — said in a statement that SPD - 1 «directs NASA to partner with the US commercial space industry to return Americans to the Moon.»

Bezos is also the founder of Blue Origin, a private space company.

It's also a setback for NASA, which has been relying on the private space company to keep the International Space Station stocked with supplies and, ultimately, astronauts.

He also explains the beneficial role of the private space companies in the aerospace industry.

The private space company says the rocket, called Falcon Heavy, is the most powerful rocket in use today.

The private space company has endured multiple fiery setbacks — including Thursday's launchpad explosion in Florida — yet remains en route to achieving its ambitious aims.

A time to demonstrate that, yes ---- private space companies can deliver on their promise to bring competitive space access to an eager market.

Private space companies are signing up astronaut candidates for trips to Mars.

Virgin Galactic, the private space company that aims to become the first commercial spaceliner in the world, kicked 2014 into high gear with the third successful powered -LSB-...]

Private space companies have announced plans for the colonisation of the Red Planet within the next decade.

If there's $ 5 billion for Elon Musk to build a private space company, there should at least as much to demonstrate new, advanced reactor designs including the SMR and MSR, and push harder on accident tolerant fuels.

Stratolaunch is a private space company helmed by Microscoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Though the private space company has previously broadcast its launches, many speculate that the Tesla livestream was the tipping point for enforcement.

A private space company in Houston, Texas, is planning to build a luxury hotel, which will orbit 200 miles above earth.