Space Future JournalNews on Space Tourism, Space Vehicles, Space Power, and Space HabitatSpace Video Competition- June 13, 2008 YouTube superstardom and cash prizes awaitThe Space Frontier Foundation and SpaceContest.org are co-sponsoring the "Space VidVision Contest." Entrants have until July 8, 2008, to create a video response to the question, "What should the future of American spaceflight be" Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.13.space_video_competition Rollout Planned for WhiteKnightTwo- June 12, 2008 SpaceShipTwo&146;s mothership to arrive"Git'n 'er done!" must be the operating phrase around the shops at Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's company that successfully built and flew the world's first private aircraft to the edge of space. This craft, SpaceShipOne, reached the fringe and claimed the Ansari X-Prize while the other competitors watched from the stands or on their TV sets. Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.12.rollout_for_whiteknighttwo Richard Garriot&146;s Excellent Adventure- June 11, 2008 ISS journey will be a busy oneAlthough most people who pay $20 million for an adventure vacation might want to relax and unwind during their journey, Richard Garriot, games designer and upcoming traveler to the International Space Station (ISS), is not one of them. Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.11.richard_garriots_excellent_a... Announcing the Orbital Mission Explorers Club- June 11, 2008 First member: Google co-founder, Sergey BrinEric Anderson, CEO and president of Space Adventures, announced at a press conference today that Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, the world's premier Internet search engine, will be Space Adventures' next paying spaceflight participant. Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.11.orbital_mission_explorers_cl... First Private Mission to the ISS- June 11, 2008 Space Adventures doubles number of spaceflight participantsThe Space Adventures orbital spaceflight program is the only way for non-astronauts to visit the International Space Station (ISS). Now, Space Adventures had brokered a deal that increases the number of spaceflight participants. Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.11.first_private_mission The Overview Institute Established- June 2, 2008 World peace through space tourismThe creation of the Overview Institute was announced this weekend at the 2008 International Space Development Conference (ISDC). Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.02.overview_institute_establish... In Space, It&146;s Always Beer O&146;Clock- June 2, 2008 Sapporo makes space beerSapporo Breweries, the Japanese beermaker established in 1876, is bringing beer into the 21st century. The new brew: beer made from barley descended from seeds that spent five months on the International Space Station (ISS). Read Morehttp://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?art=2008.06.02.beer_oclock_in_space |