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=__**Welcome to the OpenSpacecraft Wiki!**__=

This wiki aims to:

 * Create a central database of space ship designs
 * Give information about current designs to those who seek it
 * Allow a forum for new design proposals from anyone
 * Be open source wherever possible

**__OpenSpacecraft News__**
It claims that the Chinese space program is untrustworthy because government and military programs is blurred. It then goes on the defend the X37-B as a military craft. While I appreciate that "military" and "civilian" space programs are apparently separate in the US, has NASA never performed a military operation?
 * 05/01/2012-** Interesting article on the X37-B: @http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16423881


 * 29/09/2011-**China's Space ambitions: @http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15112760




 * 29/08/2011-** Russia's Progress Cargo Spacecraft Crashed on the 24th of August 2011.


 * 24/08/2011**- Horizon - Seeing Stars (External link)

Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life and a dazzling new set of super-telescopes.


 * 7/08/2011** - Wow, FREE 10 week single module course from Stanford university on Artificial intelligence! I wonder what experiment it is.- @http://www.ai-class.com/

The first flight will put the ship in orbit, the second will take the CST-100 part-way towards space before practising an abort. In this procedure, the capsule will push itself away from the rocket mid-flight as if there were some problem on the rocket. This will be a critical test of astronaut safety features built into the capsule in the event of an emergency.
 * 6/08/2011** - Being has confirmed it will use the Atlas 5 rocket to test its CST-100 ship on three flights in 2015.

If these flights go well, the third launch invlove Boeing test pilots traveling in CST-100 to the International Space Station. The CST-100 would then be considered ready for a commercial service starting in 2016. But as we all know space deadlines, in particular comercial ones, are subject to massive delays. Hopefully the retirement of the space shuttle will encourage a more rapid development pace.

Nasa and ULA have work to do in preparing the Atlas rocket for astronaut launch duties. They will determine which components on the Atlas meet Nasa's requirements for human spaceflight and which elements need upgrading. ULA is also developing an emergency detection system inside the Atlas to give early warning of a major malfunction. ULA also needs to prepare a gantry structure to allow astronauts access the capsule when mounted on top of an Atlas at its launch pad.


 * 28/07/2011** - Rediscovered an old article from 2005 on space debris. They is a growing problem to orbiting satellites and manned stations.




 * 28/07/2011** - RedskinkResearch team successfully tested early HABTAP test flight to trial initial parachute.

//"the ultimate goal of human exploration is to chart a path for human expansion into the solar system."//
 * 14/07/2011** - Jeff Greason ISDC 2011 Keynote Address - A Settlement Strategy for NASA

__The Settlement paradigm__ (outlined by Jeff Greason 2011) 2. Government should add to commercial market to stimulate supply. 3. Identify technology gaps and fill them || **-** LEO, L1 facilities so any kind of launch vehicle can supply propellent Jeff Greason straight talking on US space policy. Refreshing and interesting discussion of US space policy. Politicians in recent years have left the public unsure as to US space policy, using coded words and ambiguous terms. Jeff translates the political babble and deciphers an implied US space policy. He also presents a way to encourage private development through a propellant based space economy. media type="youtube" key="Wy2kIPLsUn0" height="349" width="425"
 * GOAL || STRATEGY || OBJECTIVES ||
 * Permanent and expanding population beyond the earth || 1. For each location, develop resources and use them to reach the next location.
 * -** Lunar base, human tended, for propellent production and export to L1 / LEO
 * -** Phobos propellant production to support Mars missions (may practice on NEO)
 * -** Mar base, human tended, for propellant production and to support exploration. ||


 * 10/07/2011** - Horizon Guide: The Moon (External link)

Professor Brian Cox shows highlights of 50 years of BBC archive film and talks about the space race and culminating in the Moon landings.

Skylon passes key review by ESA - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13506289 Skylon: Ending 40 years of hurt - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13520948
 * 26/05/2011** - Articles Updating skylon development

//NASA backs shuttle successors:// @http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13124924
 * 20/04/2011** - Interesting article from the BBC about the first round of funding given by NASA to commercial companies to create spacecraft.

//Destination Titian:// http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0109ccd/Destination_Titan/
 * 14/04/2011** - Articles updated, interesting video from BBC about the ESA probe to titan (only available in UK for 2 weeks from this date)

09/04/2011 - Back catalog of of previous designs is constantly being updated, at the moment we are focusing on listing all old and ongoing projects then adding in tables at the top of every page. There are so many project to write about! **Do you know anything about the projects listed? Can you help fill in the blanks? Every spacecraft project needs the standard table at the top (see @Skylon for our current table** as this is our most advanced page**).**
 * 10/04/2011** - Added New Amateur Submission page and top pages with the most changes in the navigation column
 * > Traveling at the edge of space - Lecture on space technology ||
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**__External links__**
British Interplanetary Society (BIS) - http://www.bis-space.com/