It costs a lot to get to space—in 2001 it cost as much to put something in low Earth orbit ($22,000 per kilogram [$10,000 per pound]) as it did in 1957. Anyone who wants to do things in space (e.g., such as experimenters and scientists) has a...

Space elevator economics compared and contrasted with the economics of alternatives, like...

Regular preventive maintenance and strategic system upgrades can KEEP OPERATIONAL COSTS IN CHECK and increase occupant satisfaction When manufacturers sell facility executives new technology, much of the sales efforts center upon increased savings. Comprehensive return-oninvestment calculations are performed, and most savvy facility executives...

Transformational Space Corp., a Virginia company that planned to move to New Mexico with $20 million in state funds if it received a NASA contract to help replace the aging Space Shuttle, was not among the contract's winners. The Commercial Orbital Transportation Services,...