Dateline April 24, 2006, Space News from the Internet

• The Space Access Conference is over. There are plenty of reviews/comments on it out there:
  
  • Mark Whittington
  • Hobby Space
  • Jeff Foust new Personal Space Flight blog has an article on the Space Review and also a Friday and Saturday wrap up.
  • Rand Simberg also has a wrap up.


• Apparently, Space Pragmatism is a must read blog of space reporter Michael Belfiore (of Popular Science and Wired fame). That is a compliment, thanks Michael. (I don't know how Jeff Foust does it all either, as I have a two and a four year old. -djs)
• External Tanks for the shuttle are on schedule for two shuttle launches this year. That would be impressive, but I won't hold my breath.
• China's space walk with take place in September 2008.
• The Senate is holding a hearing on NASA this week. The new Space Review is out:
  
• That Kitty Hawk moment
  
• Small steps forward for NewSpace
  
• Cooperation with China: still dancing on eggs
  
• Selling space exploration in uncertain times
  
• Review: Challenger Park
  
  

The Cigar Galaxy on Hubble's Birthday