This article from New Scientist highlights the most recent actions that are bringing us closer to commercial space flight -- the granting of the first licence to a private company. The one-year license authorizes the launching of people up to 100 kilometers. Apparently, the company is competing with other companies to win a prize being offered by the X Prize Foundation, which will be awarded to...

NASA's Scientific and Technical Information Program (STI) has made its journal, Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR), available on the Web. Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports is an abstract journal, listing citations with abstracts for aerospace-related reports obtained from worldwide sources. It is published bi-weekly and announces documents that have recently been entered...