05/11/2016
Reusable rockets are almost commonplace now. :) It is a great time and place in history we live in as we are on the cusp of REALLY exploring space because of companies like these driving down the costs so dramatically. Go SpaceX & Blue Origin!
Who landed it best? SpaceX and Blue Origin reveal new videos
Two new videos show the SpaceX barge landing and Blue Origin's reusable rocket landing in Texas in new detail. They are the latest salvo in a battle between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
04/15/2016
Blue Origin incredible achievement! Congratulations! That's what's great about this industry you have Sub-Orbital and Orbital game changing accomplishments happening simultaneously! AND we have Bigelow Aerospace attaching their Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the International Space Station!
Flight Three: Pushing the Envelope
New Shepard flew again on April 2, 2016 reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. It was the third flight with the same hardware. We pushed the e...
04/14/2016
Incredible achievements in a VERY short time. Keep up the great work.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Development Supercut
On April 8, 2016 SpaceX made history by landing the Flacon 9 v1.2 Rocket on an automated barge. See the entire story of it's development in this video. For m...
06/19/2015
Looks like the commercial space race is heating up.
Blue Origin Astronaut Experience
Blue Origin’s two veteran astronauts provide a firsthand account of what it feels like to soar to space on Blue Origin’s rocket and return to Earth forever c...
05/08/2015
Wow! Could you imagine that ride 0-100 mph in 1.2 seconds? That's faster than the Tesla Roadster. :) Congrats SpaceX on another great achievement and adding another piece of the puzzle to eventually offer human flights to space! Keep up the good work.
Crew Dragon Completes Pad Abort Test
Just after 9am ET today, SpaceX completed the first key flight test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, a vehicle designed to carry astronauts to and from space. Today’s successful Pad Abort Test was the first flight test of SpaceX’s revolutionary launch abort system, meeting all of our primary objective…
04/30/2015
This is an incredible achievement. Congratulations Blue Origin and we look forward to the even more success in the future!
First Developmental Test Flight of New Shepard
First Developmental Test Flight of New Shepard
04/15/2015
This is an incredible achievement! Kudos to SpaceX!
See SpaceX's Rocket-Landing Near Miss in This Amazing Video
A stunning new video taken by a chase plane shows just how close SpaceX came to pulling off a historic rocket landing Tuesday (April 14) during the launch of its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station.
03/03/2015
Thanks Alvin!
The People of NewSpace: Kevin Heath -- Rocket Science is Hard…Entrepreneurship is Harder
The eleventh of thirty six reasons to attend ISPCS. The CEO of WayPoint 2 Space describes the obstacles, challenges and tests that w**d out the 'great idea people…
03/01/2015
Goodbye Spock. You will be missed but never forgotten.
01/16/2015
This is incredible! The fact that they got it back at all AND that it came back to a tiny spot in the middle of the ocean is an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to SpaceX as this is the beginning of exponentially driving down the cost of space launch.
Close, but no cigar. This time.
Vine by SpaceX
12/23/2014
At this time of year we stop and focus on what is truly important in our lives which is friends and family. We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our friends and family that have supported and helped us throughout this past year and 2015 looks to be even more exiting so stay tuned. Thank you again and may you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
The Waypoint 2 Space Team
12/01/2014
This is where we are headed as a species and in our view it can't happen soon enough. :)
This Breathtaking Short Film Shows What Awaits Humanity Outside Earth
"I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts." It was these two sentences from Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" that captured the heart of the great Carl S...