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On a Mission to Mars
Former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz founded Ad Astra Rocket Company with a dream of the first manned flight to Mars.
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Why We Need More Funding for Big Science
Research and development done under the auspices of agencies such as the NIH, NASA, and DARPA has seeded America's entrepreneurial economy for decades. It would be foolish to cut those budgets now.
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Time to fire up those breeder reactors.
Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can't use solar power because they're too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238. I... Read more
Top 3 Priorities of the Best CFOs
Get the most out of your CFO: Encourage him or her to explore beyond the bean counting to identify profit growth opportunities for the business. Read more
Obama Takes Space Travel Private
NASA goes entrepreneurial . Yesterday, President Obama urged private companies to take over the job of transporting humans into space, a move that w... Read more
NASA Awards Small Business Contracts
The space agency is providing $38 million to boost innovation at smaller tech firms. Read more
Small Firms Vying for NASA Contracts
April 4, 2007 -- NASA has selected 18 small business technology transfer research proposals for contract negotiations worth a total of $1... Read more
Tips on Winning Federal Tech Grants
Small-business owners will be offered tips on winning government grants for technology and innovation at a conference in Texas this fall. The Natio... Read more
Small Firms Line Up for NASA Contracts
Plans for new rockets and a trip to the moon have opened up opportunities for companies in a number of industries. Read more
NASA's Getting Entrepreneurial
Forget big government contractors. NASA is setting its sights on "tinkerers and students" to help it innovate. A recent Read more
Proving that You Have the Right Stuff
A growth company in Topeka prepares to make its cosmic debut. Read more
NASA Offers Free Rocket Scientists
A great NASA giveaway. Read more
Movers, Not Shakers
Movers that specialize in office equipment and the importance of hiring a specialist. Read more
The Wild Green Yonder
Raising capital can be especially difficult for a company whose future plans are up in the air. But as the commercialization of outer space accelerates, s... Read more
Who's Who In The Space-launch Biz
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration charges $20 million to $30 million to launch a satellite these days, but those prices will probably rise... Read more
Tap Space Technology
Many new products and developments with promising commercial applications have grown out of space research. Over 3,400 National Aeronautics and Space Adm... Read more
Small Firm Wows Nasa With "unique" Process
Making windmills should be easy, right? So when NASA decided to develop a wind-powered turbine for generating electricity, it gave the contract to Lockhe... Read more
One Giant Leap For Mankind
40 years ago today, 600 million people worldwide were huddled around their black and white television sets sharing in one of humankind's most glorious acc... Read more
NASA Conference for Small Businesses
Feb. 9, 2007 -- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA facility located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, wil... Read more
Seminar on Winning Research Grants
The West Virginia Small Business Development Center will host a pair of seminars next month aimed at helping small-business owners win federal government ... Read more
Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)
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Turning Vendors Into Partners
Almost everyone is gunning for your business. But will your vendors treat you the way you treat your customers—like a true partner? Here are some questions... Read more
Tune In, Download
An overview of a company offering technology that will allow data to be transmitted with video signals. Read more
Veteran-Owned Firm Wins $5.4 Billion Fed Contract
April 12, 2007 -- GovWare, a Vienna, Va.-based IT firm, has been awarded a $5.6 billion federal contract, the largest ever granted to a s... Read more
What's Next: Mistakes Were Made
When your company screws up, don't hide it. Blog about it. And let everyone learn from the error. Read more
Mistakes Were Made
When your company screws up, don't hide it. Blog about it. And let everyone learn from the error. Read more
New NASA Policy Opens Up Space Market
With NASA's plans to privatize the launch of manned flights, companies -- including SpaceX -- are starting their engines. Read more
Entrepreneurs in Space
There's a lot of insanity in Forbes's new Read more
2010: The Year in Innovation
A look at fascinating breakthroughs that promise to slash automobile emissions, make harnessing the sun's power less costly, and even help kids learn how to ... View slideshow
Small Businesses Awarded NASA Contracts
Nov. 21, 2006 -- NASA has selected 287 proposals from small businesses nationwide for federal research and development contracts worth $2... Read more
Could This Man Mine the Moon?
Entrepreneurial lunar dreams. Plus, working out-of-the-office goes mainstream, LivingSocial's investment boost, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
Worst Customer Service, IPO Hope, and a Pizza Prank
Makings of a comeback? The Wall Street Journal has some good news this mornin... Read more
Why Bureaucrats Avoid Small Business R & D
As a rule, the federal government doesn't like to do business with small companies, for reasons that are not hard to understand if you're the government e... Read more
Images Helped NASA with Discovery Re-entry
August 8, 2005 --As the space shuttle Discovery prepared to re-enter the earth's orbit Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base,... Read more
Small Company Lands Work on Today's Launch
The space shuttle Discovery sits on launch pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center, ready for its date with space, scheduled for 3:51 pm this aft... Read more
Space-Age Phone
New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset. Read more
Give Government Research Back To Entrepreneurs
Federal research laboratories have no business working on gas heaters, solar power, or other programs that compete directly with the private sector. Read more
Free Software
Company sells list of software programs available free from the government. Read more
Growing, But Dying
Growing on the outside, dying on the inside . That's how Steve Blank describes a company on whose board he served, which was continuing to grow reve... Read more
Young Entrepreneurs, Cool Products
The entrepreneurs featured on Inc.com's 30 Under 30 list this year have brought to market a variety of products including bespoke suits, anti-gravity treadmi... View slideshow
How to Start an Aerospace Company
Just seal yourself and your partner in a bubble for two years, then work your NASA contacts, says Jane Poynter of Paragon Space Development Read more
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