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Blastoff! Corporation was a small aerospace company in Pasadena, California that operated from 1999 to early 2001. Blastoff! was one of dozens of Idealab's incubator companies, created to capitalize on the public interest in space travel and exploration.〔(Buttigieg, Ralph. "More on the New Moon Race", Blog entry on 2007-09-15 ), retrieved on 2008-08-30.〕 == Summary == The company Blastoff! Corporation was first formed as Spacelab in 1999, but was quickly renamed to Blastoff! to differentiate it from the NASA Spacelab Space Shuttle module. The company was developed and acted in secret throughout its short existence.〔(DiCarlo, Lisa. "Incubators On Life Support: Idealab!", Forbes 2001-01-18 ), retrieved on 2008-08-30.〕 The company’s mission was to do entertainment space missions: flights that would pay for themselves through the sales of advertising, media content, action figures, etc. thus, Blastoff! differed from other companies espousing similar goals in that it was decided not to promote its development work and that Blastoff!’s first mission was fully funded.〔(D.P. Miller, D.P., Hougen, D., and Shirley, D. "The Sooner Lunar Schooner: Lunar Engineering Education" KISS * Institute For Practical Robotics Working Paper 2002 ), retrieved on 2008-08-30.〕 Blastoff!'s first mission rapidly evolved from an initial concept of human space tourism to its final plan of sending a robotic lander/rover to the Moon. The size of the company grew from less than ten employees in January 2000, to a peak of approximately 59 full-time employees in October 2000. Due to funding constraints, the company effectively closed down in January 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BlastOff! Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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