Yanks and Brits join forces to design private interstellar spacecraft

That whole American Revolution thing is water under the bridge for two forward-looking spacefaring organizations. In a joint venture between the Tau Zero Foundation, a private American advanced space propulsion charity, and the British Interplanetary Society, a spacecraft known as Project Icarus has taken shape. So, what exactly is Project Icarus? To put it simply, […]

Personal orbital spacecraft within reach

Though few may realize it now, the stage is set for the first time in human history to enable someone or a small venture (with considerable financial backing) to assemble his or her own spacecraft using private, commercially-available, “off-the-shelf” spacecraft and equipment. And I want to fly one. The reality is that all of the current […]