SETI Hangout: “Are we ready to build a spaceship to explore nearby stars? “
on May 22, 2013 at 7:27 pmThe latest SETI Google+ Hangout dealt with the question, “Are we ready to build a spaceship to explore nearby stars?”
The latest SETI Google+ Hangout dealt with the question, “Are we ready to build a spaceship to explore nearby stars?”
The Russian Bion M1, launched on April 19, 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and returned on May 19th. The biology mission appears to have been a mixed success: Crew of Bion M1 Found Dead upon Landing – Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Project Morpheus team at NASA JSC was out testing their new lander on a tether Thursday. See the postings at Morpheus Lander (MorpheusLander) on Twitter as in these two examples: Morpheus Lander @MorpheusLander Thanks for watching! Not tomorrow, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A look at some of the ideas discussed at the recent Human to Mars Summit on how to create sustainable Mars colonies: How to build a Mars colony that lasts – forever – New Scientist === One technology that looks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the loss of another reaction wheel, he Kepler space telescope has lost the ability to maintain the stable orientation needed for observing stars to detect transits of exoplanets: Kepler Mission Manager Update – NASA. The managers of the project, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Skylab, the first US space station, was launched 40 years ago from yesterday. Here’s a NASA video about the project: Skylab’s May 14, 1973 launch into low-Earth orbit was the nation’s first foray into significant scientific research in microgravity. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Estonian student Cubesat project ESTCube successfully reached orbit via a Vega rocket this week: Space country Estonia: satellite ESTCube-1 was launched to orbit and said hello from the space! – Baltic Review Vega Launch Report | Europe’s Vega launcher […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A US Air Force sponsored program has developed a non-toxic alternative propellant to the commonly used, but highly toxic and flammable, monopropellant hydrazine: New research key to revolutionary ‘green’ spacecraft propellant – US Air Force The new fuel, labeled AF-M315E, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A video of last week’s successful X-51 scramjet test flight: The X-51A soars to new heights – Boeing Update: More about the flight from Michael Belfiore : X-51A Screams to Hypersonic Success: A nine-year development effort has finally paid off […] ↓ 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…
Here’s a report on the Estonian cubesat project ESTCube, which will test the E-sail propulsion concept from Pekka Janhunen of Finland: Electric Space Sail to Get Its First Test – IEEE Spectrum.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains how the orientation of the International Space Station, where he is living at the moment, is controlled:
The MOOC Production Fellowship competition will provide 25000 Euro to each of the ten winning MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) programs out of the 200 that have entered. The winners will be determined by online voting. Anyone may vote for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Space Studies Institute, whose mission is “to complete the missing technological links to make possible the productive use of the abundant resources in space”. SSI just announced that it is starting a new project with Prof. Jim Woodward of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 10th Annual Spring [CubeSat] Workshop 2013 took place last week. The agenda (pdf) included a vast array of CubeSat projects, technologies, and applications. You can watch the talks on line: Videos of presentations – CubeSat Workshop 2013. This item […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an announcement for the Starship Century Symposium 2013: Starship Century Is this the century we begin to build starships? Why go to the Stars? Can we? Should We? May 21 – 22, UC San Diego, Qualcomm Institute, Atkinson Hall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a concise history of the X-15, the first rocketplane to reach space: Suborbital Spaceplane – Greg Kennedy/CitizensInSpace.org
NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center this week will host the 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race ®, April 25 – 27, 2013: NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race draws international field of 600 competitors to Huntsville – al.com Updates will be posted at NASA Marshall […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from Silicon Valley Space Center and Citizens in Space : The Final Frontier for Citizen Science First Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Silicon Valley Mountain View, California (Apr. 2, 2013) – Are you a hardware hacker? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Satellites are not immune from hackers. It appears at least one has been briefly taken over: Hacking satellites – H+Magazine.com – April.3.1 (via Ralph Ewig)
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