Low Earth Orbit

Instead our government must incentivize and support citizen space companies in every way to build a vibrant and competitive new highway to space, and encourage other companies and universities to use those spaceships to build facilities such as laboratories, hotels and eventually communities in Low Earth Orbit and beyond.

Rick Tumlinson: The End of the Shuttle: The Real Reason We Send People Into Space Rick Tumlinson 2011

Instead our government must incentivize and support citizen space companies in every way to build a vibrant and competitive new highway to space, and encourage other companies and universities to use those spaceships to build facilities such as laboratories, hotels and eventually communities in Low Earth Orbit and beyond.

Rick Tumlinson: The End of the Shuttle: The Real Reason We Send People Into Space Rick Tumlinson 2011

Keith's note: I have a series of questions to ask NASA Watch readers with regard to Titan 1 ICBMs. I know that thought was given to using Titan 1's to launch a Dynasoar X-20 spacecraft on a suborbital flight, but what could this rocket have placed into Low Earth Orbit had it been used as a launch vehicle?

NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: March 2010 Archives 2010

All this is especially true in light of the incredibly shortsighted decision by the Obama Administration to cancel Project Constellation and replace it with basically nothing in terms of human spaceflight beyond LEO, or Low Earth Orbit.

Sky on Fire as Endeavour Blasts to Space | Universe Today 2010

Sponsored by the Trust and Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX, the competition offers a $25,000 prize and transportation to and from Low Earth Orbit for the winning experiment aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: January 2009 Archives 2009

This may generate money for Roscosmos but what happened to the science that's to be done in Low Earth Orbit?

Tourists to ISS Two at a Time Starting 2012? | Universe Today 2009

The concept is capable of launching 80mt (metric tons) into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and around 54mt to the moon.

NASA Administrator Orders Study of Heavy Lift Alternatives | Universe Today 2009

The most expensive part of the journey into Low Earth Orbit is the first few seconds – leaving the ground.

Archive 2008-01-01 Thatsnews 2008

Once you have a minimal capability there, some anti-satellite system, the ability to put up both recon and comms satellites into Low Earth Orbit, and some early-warning and comsats into geostationary orbit, that's really all you need.

Missing the Point Zoe Brain 2008

I have a soft spot for the H2A - it was the booster that carried FedSat up into Low Earth Orbit, and did so absolutely flawlessly.

Archive 2005-02-01 Zoe Brain 2005