Boeing enters commercial space market

There’s a new space-race brewing, but this time it’s not between nuclear armed superpowers. The race is on between traditional aerospace manufacturers and start up newspace firms for a slice of the potentially lucrative space tourism and government funded space pie.

Boeing, well known for its line of jumbo jets and innovative experimental aircraft, has taken [...]

United Space Alliance To Reduce Workforce By 15 Percent

United Space Alliance announced today that the company will layoff about 15 percent of its current Space Shuttle workforce, effective October 1, 2010, in order to align the workforce level with the company’s Space Shuttle Program Operations Contract work scope and current budget.

Two missions remain in the Space Shuttle Program – STS-133 currently scheduled for [...]