Star Booster: a commercial solution to cost effective and versatile reusable space transportation
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The development of Star Booster, a new flyback booster concept, promises to revolutionize aging launch systems. Star Booster offers a reliable reusable space access capability that attains evolutionary building block approach. It also represents a cheaper, more efficient space access technology.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1997
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Introducing ShareSpace
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The ShareSpace concept will use the lottery approach to bolster and expedite the growth of space tourism, while developing a highly participatory space program that includes ordinary citizens. Though the concept is still in its infancy, ShareSpace is rapidly moving to a momentous debut.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1998
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Encounter with Tiber
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A fictional account of space tourism is presented, highlighting the technological, political and social hurdles surmounted by the entrepreneur to realize his dream of putting paying travelers into space.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1996
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