A prototype of what will be the UK’s largest space rocket has been unveiled, ahead of a planned September 2009 launch.

Creator and Salford University academic Steve Bennett hopes ‘Nova 2′ will take paying passengers into space by 2013.

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Also a couple days ago Nicolas Sarkozy (President of France) announced an ambitious step forward for the European space program.

Seems like things are turning up for human expansion into space. For those who might be interested check out this essay Bishop listed in the OSCOMAK article. It’s called “Achieving a Star Trek Society.”

Good stuff.