WALLOPS ISLAND — Infrastructure improvements are underway at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in preparation for Orbital Sciences Corp.’s planned demonstration flight in late 2010 of a new rocket system designed to supply cargo to the International Space Station.
“We’re beginning the process of developing the infrastructure at the launch site,” Orbital Sciences Vice President of Public Relations Barron Beneski said Tuesday. Beneski said the project is still in its early stages, but with a launch set for late 2010, it is anticipated all improvements should be in place by early fall that year.
SpaceX’s Elon Musk on future space plans
04-Jan-09
Elon Musk has changed a lot of people’s lives. I’m one – the company that I owned for several years supported me and three others, and a substantial portion of the revenue came via PayPal, the company that Musk started and that now handles about 10% of all online payment transactions worldwide.
In this longish Times of London article, Musk talks about his exploits in space, his plans for Mars, and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic.