Zero2Infinity, a New Way for Space Tourism

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By Matteo Emanuelli

During the annual Space Generation Congress held in Beijing from the 19th to 21st of September by the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Space Safety Magazine met Lluc Palerm, a young engineer and winner of the “$pace is Business” competition where he presented an interesting paper on how microsatellites and the advent of microlaunchers could disrupt the satellite industry. Palerm currently works at Zero2Infinity, a Spanish start-up that is trying challenge Virgin Galactic and Space Expedition Corporation with an innovative idea on “space” tourism using stratospheric balloons. Continue reading →

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Cold Weather Will Make Blimps a No-Show at the MetLife Super Bowl in February

DirecTV BlimpSource: nj.com

By Ted Sherman/The Star-Ledger

They rule the skies over every major sporting event.

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High River hosts Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championships

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Canada’s top balloonists will be floating over southern Alberta this week for the 2013 Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championships.

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BBC takes Skyship across US for TV science experiment

Skyship gondolaSource: televisual.com

By: Pippa Considine

BBC Two is boarding a team of scientists onto the world’s largest airship – the Skyship 600 – for what is being billed as “one of television’s most ambitious experiments on the atmosphere.”

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Chiefs explore airship option

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By: Martin Cash

Hope shipments to the north could be reality in 3 to 5 years.

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