Alt.space
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The term alt.space refers to a community of relatively new aerospace companies working to develop low cost access to space or spaceflight technologies, and low cost spaceflight technical and policy advocates.
The Ansari X-Prize won by Burt Rutan's Spaceship One vehicle is considered by many to be an alt.space category event.
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[edit] Some alt.space companies
The following are companies and organizations generally regarded as both alt.space and successfully active (or previously successfully active).
[edit] Active
- Armadillo Aerospace
- Blue Origin
- Masten Space Systems
- Pioneer Rocketplane
- Scaled Composites
- SpaceDev
- SpaceX
- Virgin Galactic
- XCOR Aerospace
[edit] Organizations
[edit] Events
[edit] Defunct
[edit] Regulation
Much of the alt.space activity is now involved in government licensing activities and regulation development for proposed spaceflights, managed by the Federal Aviation Administration