Liberating Ares in commercial rocket fray

The NewSpace rocket environment is growing from a band of determined forerunners to a healthy platoon. Salvaging what they could from NASA’s cancelled Ares I rocket, industry giant ATK (responsible for building Space Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters, a critical component in the Ares rocket design,) has teamed up with Eurpoean company Astrium (of Ariane 5 fame) […]

Lockheed Martin returns to rocket fray

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the commercial space transportation industry, and the news keeps pouring in. Aerospace industry giant Lockheed Martin announced today that the firm has decided to resurrect its canceled Athena-class of small-scale rockets. Presumably sparked by the appearance of new competitors Orbital Sciences and SpaceX who are offering similar services, Lockheed has […]