Dateline Feb 27, 2006, News from the Internet

• The Space Review is full of good stuff today:
  
  • Sam Dikin post a transcript/interview of his tour of the SpaceX facility.
  
  
  • Sam Dikin also gives a background of SpaceX as a company
  
  
  • Taylor Dinerman talks about a new branch of the military, the Space Force. (ed- I would join that branch in flat minute.)
  
  
  • Eric Hedman has a follow up to his article about private space companies about the mail he received and how he thinks access to space will evolve.
  
  
  • Matthew Hoey discusses the future of military space systems.
  
  
  • Finally, Jeff Foust reviews Unreal Estate, a new book about property ownership in space (an issues dear to my heart).
  
  



• Apparently, NASA doesn't really have any idea when the next shuttle launch will happen.



• Mike Griffin and Shana Dale will be speaking on NASA TV today at 12:30pm EST (11:30 CST)



• NASA is finally using the ISS for commercial purposes :) I wonder it Tiger could hit the station? Maybe on a good day with strong winds...



• Need a good laugh? Look at NASA launch manifest.



• RLV News has a "back of the envelope" estimate of total investment (minus DARPA) in new space projects.



• Denver has rocket envy.



• US Space News has the STS-121 Flight Plan Walkthrough with Rational