Monthly Archives: June 2013

Events, Space business

International Space Commerce Summit 2013

A message about an upcoming event:

The International Space Commerce 2013 Summit – ISC 2013 is coming on 29th-30th October to a 5* setting of London and will be the first summit to focus on the commercial development of space.

The ISC 2013 will provide a high-profile platform for analysis and discussion of topics ranging from the key factors in the commercial development of space pertaining issues like ‘space property’, international exploration, ‘national security strategy’, economic benefits of space travel, capabilities of space development and tourism, space utilities, satellite technology and many others.

For more information on the profile of the summit please visit the website www.spacecommercesummit.com.

Rocketry

Canadian rocketry event at Rock Lake, Alberta

The Lethbridge Rocketry Association will host a big rocketry meet, sanctioned by the CARWeb – The Canadian Association of Rocketry,  at Rock Lake, Alberta this month: Canadian Rockeeters Gathering in Rock Lake from June 28th – 30th – The Commercial Space Blog.

Amateur/Student Satellite, DIY space, Space Radio

AMSAT & ISS amateur radio news

Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS.

ANS 160 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – June 6, 2013:
* Fox-1 Receives IARU Frequency Coordination Letter
* _Reminder_: Deadline for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations Approaching
* AMSAT Field Day 2013
* AMSAT Online Satellite Pass Predictions Webpage Restored
* 2013 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT Forum Presentations Now on YouTube.com
* New Video on Ham Radio Satellite SO-50 on FM handheld
* South Africa Radio Amateur of the Year Awards 2013 Nominations Closes June 10

Activism, DIY space, Rockets

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Tycho Deep Space II capsule update

Copenhagen Suborbitals posts a video report on development status and coming work for their Tycho Deep Space II capsule: Past and Future Work on a Third Generation DIY Space Capsule – Wired Science/Wired.com

http://youtu.be/C0Z6YxSryGE

Activism, General, SpaceCasts

Spacevidcast 6.16: Is big government our best chance to explore the cosmos?

Spacevidcast posts their latest live program: Is Big Government our best chance to explore the cosmos? – Spacevidcast

Caption:

The wiki article for this episode can be found here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/6.16

In this episode we answer a viewer comment: Will Big Government be our only hope to get off this rock? Historically, that seems likely, but how much as NewSpace change the equation?

In Space News we look at the Planetary Resources Kickstarter, which you can pledge to here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1…, NRC is looking for your comments on Human Space Flight and we have a Wiki article helping to write a response here: http://wiki.spacevidcast.com/en/The_R…, a couple of awesome launches and Atlantis is just weeks away from being revealed in her new home.

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