Mars One is having no trouble attracting applications for their plan to establish a settlement on the Red Planet. Three applicants explain why they would consider going to Mars even if there will be no chance of returning to earth: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The NSS will rollout its Roadmap to Space Settlement this month in association with the International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2013) in San Diego, California, May 23-27: National Space Society Presents Milestones to Space Settlement: An NSS Roadmap When: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA posts an update on the Lunabotics Mining Competition for students: NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the world will demonstrate their lunar excavator robots […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It always annoys me when some article or TV report says “space travel causes [some ailment]” when what they really mean is that prolonged weightlessness causes that ailment. We are, after all, traveling in space right now. We just happen […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Science writer Marc Kaufman writes about the growing realization that creating settlements on Mars and elsewhere in space in the not so distant future is not an impossible fiction but something that might actually be doable: Human mission to Mars […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the cost of putting people on Mars drops to an affordable range, there will be no shortage of people wanting to go there to build a new world: Life on Mars to become a reality in 2023, Dutch firm […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Mars One organization had a press conference event in New York City today to talk about the selection of Applicants for their plan to put a settlement on Mars. The panel included: Bas Lansdorp, Co-Founder and CEO, Mars One […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this interview, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit talks about how he and his “fellow Expedition 30/31 crew members captured more than a half a million photographs of Earth from aboard the International Space Station.”
Here’s an announcement from the Space Studies Institute: The High Frontier is a FREE Kindle ebook! At Space Access 2013 SSI President Gary Hudson announced the release of Gerard K. O’Neill‘s classic The High Frontier as an exclusive Amazon Kindle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had meant to post this video awhile back but forgot. Now Alan Boyle has reminded me: Why you better not cry in space – Cosmic Log
Joan Vernikos on the Space Show on Friday discussed the Inspiration Mars flyby mission and the “human factors, counter measures, mitigation strategies” involved in such a mission: Dr. Joan Vernikos, Friday, 4-5-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog. On Thursday, Elizabeth Kennick of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows. Here is the list of topics discussed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Canadian astronaut and ISS commander Chris Hadfield (Chris Hadfield (Cmdr_Hadfield) on Twitter) has become a star, so to speak, with his music, photography and outreach activities on the station: ISS commander is a station sensation – Florida Today. Here are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Mars Society‘s Mars Desert Research Station remains very active after more than ten years and 126 mission teams: Volunteer crews chase their dreams in a desert Mars – PhotoBlog Photographer Jim Urquhart describes his mission at MDRS with text […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the Space Show on Sunday, John Oehler talked about his new book, “Aphrodesia” abd about “smell and smell issues relating to space”: John Oehler, Sunday, 3-10-13 | Thespaceshow’s Blog. ************************** Shop Amazon – Best Selling Products – Updated Every […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
zero2infinity is hosting a Google+ hangout event on Tuesday, Mar 5th, 3:00 pm EST – 3:30 pm: The overview effect: an Astronaut panel with zero2infinity – Google+ Join our astronaut panel live on google+ hangout! Ron Garan, Michael Lopez-Alegria and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dr. Samuel Kounaves joined David Livingston on the John Batchelor Show’s Hotel Mars segment to talke about the Curiosity rover’s drilling activities, Mars soil samples, and the search for organics molecules: The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 2-27-13 – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
DARPA is seeking proposals for projects to investigate ways to mitigate the health effects of ionizing radiation: DARPA Seeks to Defuse the Threat of Ionizing Radiation – DARPA DARPA releases request for information on novel approaches to mitigate immediate and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The ISS Cupola is the most futuristic, this-is-the-way-space-was-supposed-to-be feature of the ISS. Here’s a collection of images of it: 10 Awesome Images of the Space Station’s Cupola – universetoday.com This has long been my favorite image from the ISS. Definitely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an interesting overview of radiation exposure issues encounter by space travelers: Surviving Radiation in Space – Astrowright.
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