General

• 2006 Inaugural X PRIZE CUP and Personal Spaceflight Expo, October 4-9, 2005, Las Cruces, NM. X PRIZE CUP, Press Release - April 13, 2005. Schedule
• Jeff Bezos Reaches for the Stars: Jeff Bezos has just launched a brand-new company, and nothing about - not the product, not the approach - "is like Amazon.com - AlwaysOn - July.14.05
• "It's Mainly Just for Fun": Space entrepreneur Burt Rutan on how private space flight policy should emphasize innovation, safety—and having a helluva good time - Reason - Mar.31.05 - Burt Rutan talks about suborbital regulations.
• Spaceflight industry ready for takeoff: Startups reach out to investors interested in money, not just glory - The New Space Race - MSNBC.com - Mar.22.05
• Dec. 10, 2004: Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act - H.R.5382 - passes Senate. Goes to the President for signing into law.
  • Commercial Space Bill Wins Final Approval From Congress - House Committee on Science - Dec.9.04
  • Congress OKs private-spaceflight bill Senate's 11th-hour approval opens way for tourism - Alan Boyle/MSNBC - Dec.9.04
  • Space sausage factory: How a space-tourism bill unexpectedly becomes law - Cosmic Log/MSNBC - Dec.9.04
  • Space Foundation applauds Congress for passing suborbital launch legislation - Space Foundation - Dec.9.04
  • Permission to Fly: Granted! Senate Passes Commercial Space Bill Enabling Private Space Flight - Space Frontier Foundation - Dec.9.04
    
    
• Space New Entrants Versus Incumbents: Triumph of Truth and Technology - by Michael Potter and Rick Tumlinson - Spacedaily - Jun.21.04
• A new movement or a new industry? by Taylor Dinerman - The Space Review - July.12.04

News on SpaceShipOne/SpaceShipTwo

• Rutan, Branson Venture To Manufacture Spaceships - Aviation Week - July.31.05
• The new space race: Entrepreneurs seek to offer flights - CNNMoney - July.26.05
• Branson and Rutan Form 'The Spaceship Company' To Jointly Manufacture and Market Spaceships for the new Sub-Orbital Personal Spaceflight Industry - Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic - July.27.05
• SpaceShipOne Wins X PRIZE! - Oct. 4, 2004
  Lists of articles and web links:
  • X-PRIZE is Won! - Space.com
  • SpaceShipOne/Space Tourism - spacetoday.net
  • SpaceShipOne Updates - 2004 - HobbySpace.com
    
    
• Virgin to use SpaceShipOne technology for tourist flights - spacetoday.net - Sept.27.04
• Series in St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Eli Kintisch on the history of the X PRIZE and development of a commercial spaceflight industry:
  • SpaceShipOne aims to claim $10 million - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept.23.04
    
  • Innovation will cut space travel costs, experts say - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept.23.04
    
  • The New Rocketeers - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept.23.04
  • Dreams-turned-schemes launch one spaceworthy rocket ship by Eli Kintisch - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept.22.04
  • Other teams vying for the $10 million Ansari X Prize - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sept.22.04
  • A new space race - St.Louis Dispatch - Sept.21.04.
    
• SpaceShipOne completes first X Prize flight - spacetoday.net - Sept.29.04
• SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets? - CNET - Sept.29.04
• SpaceShipOne rolls to first mark - BBC - Sept.29.04
• Tense Moments During Trailblazing Private Space Flight - Space.com - Sept.29, 2004
• X Prize attempt in late September - MSNBC/Cosmic Log (Lori Smith filling in for Alan Boyle) - July.9.04
• SpaceShipOne Back on Course - Wired - July.7.04
• SpaceShipOne Makes History with First Manned Private Spaceflight
  - Space.com - June 1, 2004
• Other:
  • Tier One at Scaled Composites
    • News
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • SpaceShipOne Updates at HobbySpace

Modified August 11, 2005