The activities the past week on the International Space Station are highlighted in the latest Space to Ground report:
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Here’s an infographic that compares costs for living in a base on the Moon for a year for a NASA program versus private ventures. I think they underestimate the former quite a bit and overestimate the latter a bit but overall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t realize so many pits/caves have been seen on the Moon: Lunar Pits Could Shelter Astronauts, Reveal Details of How ‘Man in the Moon’ Formed While the moon’s surface is battered by millions of craters, it also has over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the latest NASA Earth to Ground report on what has been happening aboard the International Space Station:
A new episode of Earth to Ground from NASA about the latest activities on board the International Space Station:
Living atop the clouds of Venus might be feasible and offer some advantages over the surface of Mars: The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus: Science fiction writers have come up with a plausible scenario for a floating city above the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A reader points me to this interesting post with lots of details and images showing how the Apollo 13 crew and support team on the ground devised an improvised CO2 scrubber from miscellaneous items available in the Command and Lunar Modules : This is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the latest update on activities aboard the International Space Station: The US loss to Germany in the World Cup led to some loss of hair on the ISS:
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Here’s the latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
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Radiation shielding of space with magnetic fields may be easier than previously assumed by taking advantage of induced fields in plasmas: The Science of Deflector Shields Revolutionised By Discovery Of ‘Radiation Shelters’ On The Moon – Medium – June.9.2014 An […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest TMRO/Spacevidcast show looks at the challenges of getting people to Mar: When do we get to finally go to Mars? – TMRO
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Here’s the latest episode of NASA”s Space to Ground weekly report on happenings aboard the ISS:
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Looks like red romaine lettuce plants grew just fine in the weightlessness conditions on the ISS. Unfortunately, for this first time, the crew won’t eat them until they are analyzed on earth to insure they are safe to consume. Some resources […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Artist Bryan Versteeg (see earlier posts here and here) has developed an extraordinarily detailed vision of spaceships, in-space habitats, asteroid mines, space settlements, and other space systems and facilities that he renders in a hyper-realistic computer generated style. His Spacehabs.com website offers a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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When the International Space Station’s orbit follows above the line between day and night on earth, the sun will never go completely below the horizon. ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman created a 6 second looping video he made from images over such a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Robert Pearlman reports that astronaut Steve Swanson, currently a crew member on the International Space Station, had a “badass” Star Trek Klingon inspired mission patch designed with the help of his daughter. However, it was eventually watered down into a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the Int. Space Station this past week:
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An announcement from Mars One: Mars One Teams with Endemol for Worldwide TV Event Endemol-owned Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) will exclusively follow the selection and training of the world’s first one way astronauts to Mars Candidates chosen from over 200,000 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest NASA Space to Ground report on the past week of activities on the Int. Space Station
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We don’t yet have self-aware robots or low cost transportation to orbit but we do have iPhones and Google search. The latter two are just as sci-fi as the former two technologies for someone who grew up in the 1960s. The future […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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