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Paris Air Show 2011 preview

Added on 29 April 2011 by Tim Robinson

A preview of what to look forward to at this year’s Paris Air Show on 20-26 June

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Video interview - Dr Piers Sellers - NASA Astronaut

Added on 22 January 2011 by Tim Robinson

In December NASA Astronaut Dr Piers Sellers (who was awarded an OBE in the latest UK New Years Honours List) gave the Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society, as well as meeting the young winners of the Society’s Meet an Astronaut competition.

We caught up with him to ask him questions on the imminent retirement of the Space Shuttle, space tourism, a manned Mars mission and NASA’s future focus.

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Tags: aerosociety, astronaut, Dragon, From the Aerospace International, future, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, Piers Sellers, RAeS, shuttle, space, space policy, space shuttle, space tourism, Space-X, spacecraft, Spaceflight

The Great New Space Race

Added on 17 December 2010 by Royal Aeronautical Society

In this controversial opinion piece, guest blogger David Ashford argues strongly that spaceplanes, not rockets should be the way forward for low-cost space access and, given enough will and resources, could be in service sooner than we think.

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Tags: aerosociety, Apollo, From the Aerospace International, future, NASP, orbit, RAeS, Scaled Composites, single-stage to orbit, Skylon, space, space policy, space tourism, spacecraft, Spaceflight, spaceplane, SpaceshipOne, SpaceshipTwo, SSTO, V-2, virgin Galactic

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European aerospace – Co-operate or die?

Added on 12 November 2010 by Tim Robinson

On the 1-2 December in Brussels a high-level conference will take place organised by ASD/CEAS, the two umbrella bodies for aerospace/defence trade associations and professional organisations like the Royal Aeronautical Society. Uniquely then, it is an event where European aerospace stakeholders from industry, politics and research will meet to discuss the top-level strategic issues facing the sector, today and in the future.

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