Startram • maglev train to low earth orbit

http://www.gizmag.com/startram-maglev-to-leo/21700/

Burt Rutan on designing the world’s largest aircraft

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/news/burt-rutan-on-designing-the-worlds-largest-airplane

/ first privately built craft vehicle to send people into space aircraft spacecraft built Scaled Composites Orbital Sciences aerospace 747 /

The top 5 most-watched science videos on YouTube in 2011

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/12/the-top-5-most-watched-science-videos-on-youtube-in-2011/250302/#slide1

Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/12/stratolaunch_embarks_on_hybrid.html

Too close for comfort? How does 324,600km sound?

This month, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will pass the Earth, coming closer than the Moon.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/11/this-asteroid-is-getting-way-too-close-to-earth/#more-490204

Elon Musk on SpaceX (video)

Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, founder & CEO of Tesla & SpaceX talks to Translogic. He predicts: 1 pound to orbit for $US1,000 in 2013, human beings in orbit in 2014, humans on Mars, in 10 to 20 years.

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2011/10/24/translogic-76-elon-musk-interview-spacex/

$40,750 a night

$40,750 a night may sound cheap, but it will cost $818,000 to get to the Russian space hotel.

View, though, is unrivaled.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/08/28/have-a-few-extra-million-to-spend-take-a-vacation-on-the-space-hotel/

$US150 Million Will Ensure Your Seat On A Trip Around The Moon

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/04/us150-million-will-ensure-your-seat-on-a-trip-around-the-moon/