In an attempt to allay concerns over China's rapidly developing
aerospace programs, on Monday state media quoted the country's
first taikonaut as saying China is drafting laws governing the
peaceful use of the cosmos.
It is with sadness Aero-News learned this week Homer J. Stewart,
an aerospace engineer who helped develop the first successful US
satellite, died May 26 at his home in Altadena, CA at the age of
91.
TGV Rockets, Inc. announced last week it has successfully
completed critical test firings of a technologically advanced
throttleable rocket engine that the company believes will one day
be able to facilitate the shuttling of equipment and sensor
payloads on quick turn-around suborbital missions for the military
and to help dramatically reduce the cost of geo-spatial
imagery.
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