Alan Boyle talks about the development of commercial space transport with FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and AST/FAA chief Patricia Grace Smith following the X Prize Excutive Summit held last week: The future of flight - Cosmic Log - Oct.24.06.
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The static engine firings by Masten Space Systems at the XPC looked and sounded great. It will be very interesting to follow the progress of their protoype flights, which I believe will start in a month or two. In addition to the web log on the MSS site, Jon Goff has now set up a MSS Q&A Thread on the The Space Fellowship forum. In an initial posting, he describes the goals for their first three prototypes.