My Space Blog

The State of Hawaii has revealed that it’s considering creating a spaceport. I’m guessing that they will be declining interview requests from the Orlando Sentinal.

Hawaii state officials are seriously considering applying to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a spaceport licence. According to local media, Hawaii has been approached by four space tourism companies wanting to launch their spaceplanes from the Pacific islands. I’m assuming that includes Rocketship Global (as their promo video was being used in the report), XCOR (as their Lynx would be more than capable of using existing runways) and possibly Virgin Galactic? Richard Branson is making moves to launch passengers through the Aurora Borealis from the Swedish town of Kiruna, why not launch passengers from a tropical location too? Makes perfect sense.

Read more at AstroEngine…

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.