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American Space Travel Company
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now seeking management team, angel investors, and yes Mr. Gunn, conceptual consultants.

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I will be publishing blogs here weekly now that change is in the wind. New post week of December 7th.

Posted on December 5, 2008 at 5:16pm —

Captain's Blog #6

Look at previous blogs and if there is some topic you'd like to see: let me know immediately.

When I am not wearing my space entrepreneur's hat, I am a writer (though usually not under my own name). This, IASE, is pretty much the only place in the world (or the universe for that matter) where I might tell people what I really think and I have already erased some previous blogs because of self-censorship.

I can be controversial, I can put you to sleep, I can be ramrod straight business or relax… Continue

Posted on October 1, 2008 at 2:13pm —

Captain's Blog #5

Deep Space Project Model

Just because your idea is far in the future doesn't mean you should give up on the idea. Near future ideas like colonizing Mars find their constituency so why not far future ideas? Don't believe it? Consider the existence of the Mars Society and the Mars Underground and books on the Greening of Mars.

The way to do deep space projects might be as follows: Draft a business plan. Gather together the creators of ideas

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Posted on July 7, 2008 at 6:44pm —

Captain's Blog #2: future topics under consideration

1. the need for a space entrepreneurs lobby at the UN and in DC
2. propulsion innovations
3. space entrepreneurs in South America
4. space entrepreneurs in Asia
5. space entrepreneurs in Africa
6. space entrepreneurs in Oceania
7. space entrepreneurs in Europe
8. some opportunities in which I'd like to participate
9. unusual sources of funding: Part One
10. why we must avoid the word 'aerospace'

Posted on May 15, 2008 at 3:49pm —

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At 11:19pm on November 10, 2009, Trevor HM Cooper said…: I hear, we should leave this nest we call Earth, evolve past this barrier.
Tasha9503 is tomorrow, designed with 1995 technology.
As this moon race continues I would like to ask every one to help us build these transport vehicles to take several crews to the Moon, Mars, beyond and back.
I will not suggest any human leave the protection of this infrastructure after passing the Van Allan Belt, but you can enter any orbit around our sun.
It is a new rocket design that produces no space junk.
Use the six robotic arms to collect space junk in preparation for mining the Asteroid Belt.
Tasha9503 will be owned buy the people, initially used as HotelsInSpace, resorts.
People in China, Brazil, Argentina, Etc. Congo, Guinea, Namibia, etc. Sahara, Tunisia, USA, Antarctica, Canada, etc. will soon be able to own the infrastructure in orbit.
The day we collect rent we will no longer be for sale.
In 1988 we started looking for all the reasons we can not move to space.
7 years we collected the sciences that say we can.
This infrastructure includes five levels of artificial gravity to remove the physical degeneration that prolonged exposure to zero-g brings.
It is a place for our children to live if an asteroid or a commit etc, hits earth or global warming makes Earth uninhabitable by humans.
Launch costs, oxygen and water purification, food and sewage, Maintenance, Reproduction.
We found the solutions to all the stoppers and slow me downs and lowered the cost.
We still ask the world why they think we can not build these HotelsInSpace if funds were available?
If we can pass the Van Allan Belt, we can pass the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Each HotelsInSpace includes five levels of Artificial Gravity, 12 staff units, 72 units with sleeping for three for rent, six cafeterias, six separate zero gravity sections, internet connection to the world and access to the entire HotelsInSpace.
This is the place where many people can try ZeroGravitySex.
Depending on other’s transportation facilities, we feel any time under one week per year will not be usable, unused time accumulates.
In 2009 we showed the world our answers to why we can go.
Re design the HLV.
Lift 1,000,000 lbs of pre shaped HLV.
Re use the casings fuel tanks and software in orbit.
Lift six satellite payloads per launch.
Land a 400,000 lbs 200 passenger CRV.
Share the launch price between hundreds, effectively lowering the cost.
Attach 6 used rockets, clean, renovate and place the 36 satellites in their respective orbits.
Do it again, lifting another 1200 people, 36 satellites and building more HotelsInSpace.
Like LEGO, these pieces of Infrastructure can be attached end to end producing CitySkapes above the clouds.
Get on board? Do you want to build a 400 passenger landing vehicle? We will use our HLV to lift it.
APlaceInSpaceToPlay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivHAO96FIiw

Safety?
How many people died this month in car accidents?
How many died when swimming?
How many died in Boating accidents?
How many starved to death this month?
How many died this month.
With 120 NASA shuttle launches, less than five burned on re-entry.
Max 35 people die and 819 live to tell stories about space travel.
With 120 tasha9503 launches, if 5 burn on re-entry, that’s 1000 people die and 23000 live to tell space stories.
We also end up with 19 HotelsInSpace.
Does that answer any questions about safety and do you have any other questions?

At 5:20pm on December 5, 2008, JG Bowman said…: I am seeking space photos for this page. If you have really good space photos that you aren't using, can't use, or won't use, then please send to me.\

Thank you.

At 5:16pm on October 22, 2008, JG Bowman said…: The head of Virgin Airlines, Richard Branson, is already experimenting with alternative fuel for his planes. As for alternatives to some of the poisonous fuels used in rocketry, hydrogen slurry and LOX might be good if the specific impulse were high enough. Frankly I do plan to do a lot of research into alternative propulsion that is environmentally clean as well as cheaper and faster but first I have to get someone to throw money at me.

With a New Economy on the way, I suppose we should be hopeful. I don't expect good things in space under President McCain though because he is Old Economy.

At 4:56pm on October 5, 2008, Pett said…: What´s wrong with air crafts (for daily use) run on alternative fuel? Somebody should start to massively producing them and initiate a campaign for replacing all antiques. I´ll join on the research and campaign bit... :) I´ll confess something another time.

Speak later,
Pett

At 1:46pm on October 1, 2008, JG Bowman said…: Basically the path to becoming a cash cow should go through three phases:
1. First, get aerospaceline operational expecting stiff and withering competition from the likes of Virgin Galactic and others earlier into the tourist to orbit market.
2. Second, diversify using as business models the world's three most consistently profitable and stable airlines. (I decline to state my opinion, at this point, as to which three I think are both consistently profitable and stable but you can probably figure them out.)
3. Third, shift over to other human space passenger businesses besides tourism. I am probably the only person on Earth who has thought this through because I do a heck of a lot of listening and research. As you probably know, tourism is seen as the driver of getting the masses (as opposed to just the elite) of people into space.

This is my business. I have little or no interest in getting machines and inaminate payloads into space because as Truax or Hudson would say any big dumb booster will do that.

Bet on a winner. Send some seed fund investors my way. We are at the bottom of the market. Never a better time!

At 12:32am on September 21, 2008, David Rajzman said…: Hey, I read your business plan from the Space Finance group. You have some very ambitious goals, but how do you intend to make money, specifically, become a cash cow?

At 3:11am on July 8, 2008, Rafal Graczyk said…: Hi JG,

thanks for warm invitation. I'm trying not only to bloom in place where is no space industry but to raise (at least help to) such industry in Poland.
If you find time check out my website for some details of my activities.

Rafal

At 9:49pm on June 23, 2008, Andy Stephenson said…: JG,

I am in Singapore with GeoEye (www.geoeye.com). We ahve been providing our solutions here since 2001. GeoEye is the premier provider of satellite and aerial imagery, geospatial information (information referenced to a specific location), geospatial products, and solutions for the national security community, strategic partners, and commercial customers helping them better map, measure and monitor the world.

GeoEye's world is one seen through our Earth imaging satellites—IKONOS and OrbView-2, two mapping aircraft, and a global network of regional partners and satellite receiving ground stations. GeoEye's geospatial information supports key industries, including national intelligence, defense and security, air and marine transportation, oil and gas, environmental monitoring, on-line mapping, insurance and risk management, urban planning and emergency preparedness.

We are headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. GeoEye is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. Our value-added geospatial imagery processing and production capabilities are unmatched in the industry with facilities in Thornton, Colorado; St. Louis, Missouri; Norman, Oklahoma; and Mission, Kansas.

At 11:41am on June 18, 2008, SpaceTourist said…: To find out what GarageJet(TM) is, JG, go to my page and see my new profile. It gives that explanation you asked for.
GT

At 12:18am on June 16, 2008, William E Gunn said…: Hi JG,

Bill Gunn here. I know it's been a while, but I'm ready to get back in the game. I'd be happy to do my part in whatever capacity you deem fit. Just make sure my title...LOL is "Conceptual Consultant".

I'm planning to re-incorporate Spaceways, Inc. by the beginning of 2009, and make a small dent in the space tourism market.

Take care for now.

Bill Gunn