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(We hope) Something Big is Coming! (2011-04-01)

Unless this is an April 1 gag...a 27 engine Falcon Heavy will be announced on April 5th. [Read More]

A dozen 12-meter Orions (plus a lot more) update (2011-04-28)

R2K turns us on to the work of Damon Moran with 12 Mini-Orions and a detailed diagram of Project Pluto.  I borrowed the prior but direct you to the source for the Pluto, 'full-sized' Orions, a ... [Read More]

In Texas, the spaceports are moving south (2012-04-09)

Texas is full of proposed spaceports, most of which have never materialized.  In fact, the one with the least published information - Blue Origin's site - is the only one that is op ... [Read More]

Cool model of the Falcon Heavy (2013-06-25)

Steve Jurvetson posted this photo of his SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The Falcon Heavy will largely consist of three Falcon 9's strapped together with a large payload assembly. His Flickr page  shows ... [Read More]