The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Environmental Control and Life Support Systems: Current Status […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA is holding the Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex this week. The Lunabotics Mining Competition is a university-level competition designed to engage and retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). There is particular […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An ESA sponsored conference on space debris finds a consensus on the need to act on the problem: Global experts agree action needed on space debris 25 April 2013 There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Glenn Reynolds interviews former Shuttle astronaut Ed Lu of the B612 Foundation about asteroid impact prevention and about the B612 group’s plan to launch the Sentinel space telescope to do an extensive census of near earth objects: Asteroid Apocalypse: The Tech […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hank of SciShow talks about space debris and possible ways to reduce it: Background materials can be found at SciShow 2 April 2013 References – Google Drive
The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Skylab II, Making a Deep Space Habitat from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Reducing the Cost of Exploration using Near-Term Advanced […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Combined SEP-Chemical for Piloted Mars Missions, Steve Oleson […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alan Boyle writes about the possibility that Comet 2013 A1 (aka Comet Siding Spring) might hit Mars and how this might affect attitudes on earth about the threat of comet and asteroid impacts on earth: ‘Marsageddon’ comet scenario adds to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More details of the meteor fireball event over Chelyabinsk and the object that created it have been found in the subsequent studies: Meteor lurked for thousands of years before blasting Russia, experts say – Cosmic Log Additional Details on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are some more articles and resources about the meteor event over Russia today: Spaceweather.com – Feb.15.13 Meteor Infographic Chelyabinsk: What, Exactly, Just Happened? – PJ Media Russian Fireball Is Biggest Meteor Blast in 100 Years – Space.com Satellite watches […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dr. Dorothy Oehler of NASA’s Johnson Space Center spoke on “Hotel Mars” this week with David Livingston and John Batchelor about Curiosity rover’s recent drilling operation and about “the process, the significance, possible findings, and pending analysis, plus the uniqueness […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the latest issue of The Space Review, Harley Thronson and Dan Lester of the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group write about the background and purpose of FISO: Future In-Space Operations (FISO): a working group and community engagement. I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is an animation of the flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14. On February 15th, the 45 meter diameter asteroid will pass just 27,700 kilometers (17,200 mi) above the Earth’s surface. The simulation was made with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ESA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (which runs several space missions including the Messenger probe now orbiting Mercury) are proposing a joint experiment to test impact deflection of an asteroid. A JHU-APL spacecraft would ram into an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Leonard David writes about the Sling-Sat concept for space debris removal developed by Daniele Mortari and Jonathan Missel at Texas A&M: “Sling-Sat” Idea for Removal of Orbital Debris – Coalition for Space Exploration. The problem of space debris and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pptx) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, An Overview of Disruption Tolerant Networking Technology and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The explosion of a Russian Proton Briz-M upper stage last October resulted in a huge debris field in orbit: Upper Stage Explosion Places LEO Satellites at Risk - Space Safety Magazine The explosion of a failed launch vehicle upper stage […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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