Wireless is up. There was an announcement from Space Frontier Foundation that the Teachers in Space program has had the donation of 3 suborbital spaceflights, one each from Armadillo, Rocketplane-Kistler and XCOR. The sponsors hope to find federal sponsorship for hundreds of educator flights.

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Alan Boyle has more.

This is so funny. The self righteous, free market, capitalist entrepreneurs attempting to snag government funding by appealing to the notion that the feds will fund virtually anything with even the most tenuous connection with teachers or education.

No gag man could write a better satire.

I think the plan is to raise private funding first and then see if the Feds want to pile on. Many politicians understand the investment potential for their districts when education is involved, so its easier to sell in a way that makes sense. They shouldn't be asked to take all the initial risk though.