Tag: Paul Allen
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With Stratolaunch project, Paul Allen makes a big bet on commercial spaceflight
Former NASA administrator Mike Griffin, Burt Rutan and Paul Allen at the conclusion of the news conference today. As he began speaking at the news conference for Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space project today, renowned aerospace engineer Burt Rutan pointed out a “large mistake” in a video simulation and model of the aircraft that the venture…
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Search for ET continues as Paul Allen-backed telescope hits short-term funding goal
The search for alien life may be back on — at least in the short-term. A group established to raise cash to support the Allen Telescope Array — which shut down in April because of budgetary woes — says it has met its initial $200,000 financing goal. That’s enough to at least get the array…
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Branson, Allen, Bezos gear up for the private space race
Space Shuttle Atlantis on the launch pad last week. At the very end of his recent autobiography, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen briefly teases ahead to a future project — saying that he’s “just now considering a new initiative wit that magical contraption I never wearied of sketching as a boy: the rocket ship.” He adds,…
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NASA vet and X Prize creator at the helm of secretive space robot startup Arkyd
With the Space Shuttle Atlantis departing this morning for its final flight, some have lamented the end of an era for the American space program. But a number of entrepreneurs are keeping the flame alive, and one new Seattle area upstart, with some high-profile engineers and backers, is just coming onto the scene. The company is…
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SETI off the hook: What if we miss the call from the aliens?
The Paul Allen-backed effort to communicate with alien life has hit a serious financial snag. The SETI Institute, which operates the Allen Telescope Array in northern California, says the government budget crunch has forced the organization to put the search for extraterrestrial intelligence on hold. In 2001, Allen agreed to bankroll the initial construction of…