April 25th, 2015
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One of the outcomes from a recent NASA Advisory Council (NAC) meeting is taking a hard look at radiation levels for those humans shipping out from Earth on a Mars mission. The NAC held its discussions regarding a wide variety of issues on April 9-10 in Washington, D.C. The NAC advises NASA’s senior leadership on […]
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This Sunday, April 26, there is a CBS News 60 Minutes segment on Air Force Space Command set to air…or take to space. Titled “The Battle Above” the program will review U.S. and China locked in a high stakes contest over satellites that are critical to national security and everyday life. The U.S. Air Force’s […]
As a result of a NASA Advisory Council meeting held on April 9-10 in Washington, D.C., several Council “findings” have been forwarded to NASA chief, Charles Bolden, regarding the space agency’s future agenda. Findings concern NASA’s outward push to Mars, an Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) and solar electric propulsion, along with a “recommendation” on astronaut […]
A Purdue University study has laid out a plan for human settlement of the Red Planet. The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics AAE 450 Senior Spacecraft Design class at Purdue University held its final presentation on this plan, Thursday, April 23, 2015. The study itself – over a 1,000 pages long – puts facts and […]
Attention IKEA! A team of Rice University students have designed a prototype chair and table – but not your ordinary home furniture. These items have been fabricated to give maximum flexibility to astronauts in space or for habitats in places other than Earth. The furniture could serve many functions in environments where maximum flexibility with […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been passing through a valley called “Artist’s Drive” on the lower slope of Mount Sharp. The machinery on Mars is showing wheel wear and tear as it steers through Artist’s Drive on its way toward higher layers on Mount Sharp after examining exposures of the mountain’s basal geological unit at […]
In the book Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, Apollo 11 moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, laid out a plan for human colonization of the Red Planet. The mission concept includes all of the steps that must be taken to reach Mars and establish the first permanent colony by 2040. Aldrin worked with Purdue professor […]
The X-37B Air Force space plane is being readied for launch next month. According to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), an Atlas V 501 booster will loft the “AFSPC-5” mission for the U.S. Air Force no earlier than Wednesday, May 20, 2015. AFSPC stands for Air Force Space Command. The reusable and unpiloted winged craft […]
According to the producers of “Planetary” – opening in select theaters on April 22 (Global Earth Day) – “we are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective. We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected.” The nearly hour-and-a-half documentary film is yet another wakeup call – “a cross continental, cinematic journey, […]
A human return to the Moon – why and how best to utilize this resource-rich celestial body. I sat down with a leading expert on the Moon, resulting in a just posted story. Going Back to the Moon: Q&A with Planetary Scientist Paul Spudis by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist April […]
