Tuesday, April 24, 2012

New Low-Cost Rocket Set for Inagural Lift-Off Next Week

By Nicholas Song


Main control room of the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, in the critical start phase of a mission.
http://archive.eurescom.eu/message/messageNov2006/The-European-Space-Agency.asp

12 comments:

Joe said...

I think this is pretty cool. It is a great opportunity for universities, businesses and companies to get things in space, and explore Space even more. However, I think that the launch would have to be successful for anything major to happen.

Sergio said...

It's amazing that the University of Bologna, Italy would send a micro-satellite into space when the Italian government has decreased funding for their universities. In 2009, Italy's university funding was at almost 7.5 billion euros. Now government university funding in Italy is down to slightly more than 6 billion euros.

Jordan said...

This is pretty cool. Space has so many wonders that we haven't explored yet. One man's space junk is another man's treasure. I agree with Joe, in order to make a major impact, we must have a very successful launch

Nick said...

It's rather risky that the rocket will being carrying satellites for its first flight.

Ryan said...

I think this was a very cool article. I agree with both Joe and Jordan. I agree with Joe about how it would have to be very successful in order for anything major to happen. I agree with Jordan about how he said that one mans space junk is another man's treasure. I think this is a very cool and interesting article!

Sinclaire said...

This was cool, although I have a few questions. The article said that they were not following the typical method of sending the first shuttle out without carrying anything. Instead, they sent it out carrying satellites. Why did they risk it? I also agree with Joe about the launch needing to be successful for anything to happen. This was an interesting article.

Edie said...

Why is the rocket called Vega? I can't believe it took so long to have it finally ready to go into orbit. I think it's dangerous to have it carry around satellites.

Camille said...

This really cool. It is kind of risky. If I read it right they are sending someone in it! That is very risky. I agree with Joe and Jordan. There is a line close to , "one man's space junk is another man's treasure." Except it goes, "One man's junk is another one's treasure.

Alex G. said...

This article was pretty cool. It does seem kind of dangerous that for the first flight they are carrying satellites. The one mans junk is another mans treasure is right and I agree with that statement.

Luca said...

The rocket wouldn't carry satellites, it would bring them up into space and then deploy them. Also, the results for the timespace bending theory will be ready by the time I'm in Berlin, so that's nice. I really enjoy the concept of timespace, because I would like to have a very dense object that could control time and warp space. ;)

Luca said...

One man's hamburger is another man's hamburger... Hamburgers don't change form.

Amanda said...

I thought that this was pretty cool and interesting. Like Ryan, I agree with Joe and Jordan. It would definitely have to be successful in order for anything to happen. Also, like Jordan said, one man's space junk is another's treasure. Its also really risky to have it carry satellites for it's first flight. Why would they risk it? I don't understand.