8th Continent Project Recognized by Colorado Legislature

The Colorado General Assembly has recognized the 8th Continent Project and the Colorado School of Mines for their “efforts to integrate space technology and resources into the global economy” through a joint resolution sponsored by State Senator “Moe” Keller and State Representative Gwen Green.
The resolution stated “That we, the members of the General Assembly: Salute [...]

Methane Rocket

NASA and XCOR Aerospace recently teamed to create and test fire a methane rocket engine. At first glance, a NASA rocket engine test seems certifiably Space 1.0, but consider the potential for clean-burning propulsion systems that this technology will “fuel.”
Watch a short video clip of the methane rocket here.
Read XCOR’s description of the methane rocket [...]

Russia abandons Space Tourism program (for now)

The head of the Federal Russian Space Agency has announced that the country will abandon their planned $40,000,000 per trip, space tourism initiative. With mounting public criticism and several missions to the International Space Station already planned (with seats reserved for atronauts – not tourists), it seems that Russia no longer sees space tourism as [...]

8CProject Founding Sponsor Honored

Townsend and Townsend and Crew, one of the 8th Continent Project’s founding sponsors was recently selected by the publishers of Managing Intellectual Property as the “Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year” in the U.S. and regionally as the “Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year” in the Western U.S.
Space 2.0 technology thrives on ideas that have [...]

Wind-Power Turbines Making Way into Residential Areas

What was once a viable opportunity for large scale landowners and commercial farmers only, wind-power turbines are becoming increasingly prevalent in residential areas as a source of clean energy. An April 15th New York Times article reported that the convergence of factors such as affordabilty, government incentives, and leaner environmental effects have lead to the [...]

First hydrogen fuel cell plane takes to the skies

Marking a first in aviation history, Boeing recently flew a hydrogen fueled airplane over Madrid, Spain introducing the possibilities of small scale, pollution-free aircraft. Combining battery power and power from by the hydrogen fuel cells, the plane climbed to an altitude of 3,300′ and then maintained level flight at a cruising speed of 62 mph [...]

8C Project Founding Sponsor Contracts with United Launch Alliance

DigitalGlobe, a satellite imagery company and 8th Continent Project founding sponsor recently selected Boeing Launch Services to manage the mid-2009 launch of its third and most-advanced satellite. Full story available from the Denver Business Journal here:
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/04/14/daily45.html

Lunar Ventures 2008 part III

“How I Spent My Weekend” the final installment…
The results of the first round were announced at 1 p.m., but before the second round, I was left to my own devices. After catching up on some of my writing, I went exploring. I’d not been able to ride my bike all winter, and due to some [...]

Lunar Ventures 2008 part II

“How I Spent My Weekend” continued…
After some time for judges and spectators to go around to each group, ask questions, and get some first impressions, each group had two minutes to present their “elevator pitch”. Complete with stopwatch, each group had to get up in front of the audience and describe their company as if [...]

Lunar Ventures 2008 Part I

Jonathan Card, a guest columnist and 8th Continent Project volunteer and Lunar Ventures Competition attendee, wrote a compelling creative non-ficiton piece about his experience at LV 2008. Combine Lunar Ventures, motorcycle travel, Space 2.0 and twisty mountain roads, and you have “How I Spent My Weekend”, a compelling story about the Lunar Ventures competetion from an outsiders perspective. [...]