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Wings in Space–Part 2

• October 3, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commercial Space, Current Events, General, Human Space Flight, In The News, space, Technology
Tags: Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Commercial Crew Development, CST-100, Dream Chaser, Government Accountability Office, NASA, NewSpace, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX


Wings in Space

• September 27, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Current Events, General, Human Space Flight, In The News, space, Technology
Tags: Boeing, CST-100, Dream Chaser, NASA, NewSpace, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Space Shuttle, SpaceX


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Into the Dark–Escape of the Nomad

Read Chapter 1 of Into the Dark--Escape of the Nomad

In a world where space travel is forbidden, former astronaut Stan McPherson wants to return to space but finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of interstellar cloak-and-dagger. Click the image above to read Chapter 1 online for free.

Where’s The Cat?

On a long cargo flight to the outer solar system, Pauline gets a visitor she didn't expect, and learns of a marvelous friend she never knew she had. Click on the image above to read this short fiction online for free.

Another Man’s Terrorist

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Two orphaned child soldiers sell all they have to leave their war-torn planet on a quest for peace, but when they arrive at their new home they find that the war has beaten them there. Now the older sister Jessica must struggle to keep the only family she has left from being lost in a conflict that she no longer wants. Click the image above to read this story for free online. For a limited time only!

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