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SpaceUp Houston

@SpaceUpHOU

We nurture new and radical concepts, help develop partnerships, and is meant for you to create a future worth living in. You decide what happens next.

 Houston, TX
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Joined August 2010
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Learn more about our sponsor, Nanoracks. ow.ly/tu37X
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Check out the @XCOR Lynx display (not actual size)!
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Ooooh spaceflight hardware....
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Learn more about our sponsor, XCOR ow.ly/tu3rM
We've oficially started #SpaceUpHou 2014! First T-5 begins soon...
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Learn more about our sponsor, American Patent Agency. ow.ly/teLlb
A big thank you to @boeing, @OrbitalSciences & @SpaceX for yet another great spaceflight panel experience with us!
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Cady Coleman@Astro_Cady22 Feb 2014
I'm at @SpaceUpHOU with @NASA s commercial partners @OrbitalSciences, @Boeing, @SpaceX. The future: It's real, it's now and it's exciting.
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Reisman: "We're not going to get 100,000 people to Mars 7 at a time." Dragon may go along w/ "big ship" as reentry vehicle on way home.
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Jeff Foust
@jeff_foust22 Feb 2014
Ferguson, asked what Boeing would do if they don't get CCtCap contract: don't think you'll see Boeing out of the game #spaceuphou
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On flight crew model: @SpaceX & @boeing looking at 'rent-a-car' biz model. NASA rents vehicle to fly. Just bring back it back w/full tank.
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Garrett Reisman, SpaceX speaker at @SpaceUpHOU: "In the end phase, there's not a lot of diff between traditional contracting and [CCDev]."
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.@SpaceX does everything themselves, no contractors. Instead of doing a year of tests and maybe finding something out, they just do it!
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Jeff Foust
@jeff_foust22 Feb 2014
Reisman: a lot of times in our business "test" becomes a validation exercise rather than a learning experience. SpaceX different #spaceuphou
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Yes, happy you're here! RT @GodspeedDiscvry: Hey, @jeff_foust is at #SpaceUpHouston! Welcome!
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Jeff Foust
@jeff_foust22 Feb 2014
Jeff Siders, Orbital Sciences: looking at additional, non-ISS uses of Cygnus hardware, including using the service module as tug #spaceuphou
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.@SpaceUpHOU commercial orbital spaceflight panel now taking questions from the audience!
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.@SpaceX working hard on last 4 CCiCap milestones, including pad & launch abort testing.
RT @txflygirl: Falcon 9 v1.1 was upgraded to meet NASA rqmts for avionics, 1.4 structural safety factory, & increased engine reliability.
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