Oh, those silly dreamers...

John Carmack, the man who totally changed gaming forever, has an interesting little side project. Check it out at Kotaku. You too could be in a space bubble for a meager $100,000. Which, considering the cost of other spaceflights, isn't a bad deal. The shuttle launches cost varies, but it's roughly a smooth chump change amount of $60,000,000.

What will they think of next!?

STS-126 made it to orbit

Good luck with the ensuing mission!

STS-126

Launch holding for about 45 minutes at T-9:00. Not sure why but probably a good reason.

SpaceX Falcon 1 Flight 4 to launch within 7 days.

Private spaceflight company SpaceX are going to try to successfully launch their Falcon 1 rocket within 7 days, a window from the 24th to the 1st. The first three flights weren't successful. I do hope they do well with this one, since they're shooting for a 2009 launch of their manned capsule, the Dragon. They're also aiming to send an unmanned one to the ISS in 2010. But before all that, they've really got to straighten out the Falcon 1 first. Best of luck to them!