Category Archives: In Space Infrastructure

Activism, In Space Infrastructure, Space Science

Space Show: Mars rock drilling on Hotel Mars + Lunar building webinar

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 of this incredible first time ever drilling operation”: John Batchelor “Hotel Mars,” Wednesday, 2-13-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

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On Sunday Feb. 17, 2013, 1-3 PM PST (4-6 PM EST, 3-5 PM CST),  DR. Haym Benaroya of Rutgers University will lead a webinar on the building of lunar structures on the Space Show: Space Show Webinar with Dr. Haym Benaroya, Dr. John Jurist, Sunday, 2-17-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

You can follow along with the presentation using this slides file: Short – Space Show Webinar on Lunar Structures Engineering 17 Feb 2013 (pptx).

In Space Infrastructure

Future In-Space Operations – A priority for today

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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 want to thank Harley and Dan for pointing to this blog in their article. I try my best to highlight the presentations given to the group (see the  FISO Working Group Presentations Archive) . I find the topics discussed to be among the most interesting and important spaceflight concepts and projects of our day. Development of an in-space infrastructure is clearly key to practical and affordable utilization of space and to making humanity truly spacefaring.

Astronomy, In Space Infrastructure

Animation of flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14

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 program by Adrian Wenz of BINARY SPACE.  It shows the flyby from the viewpoint of the asteroid and includes the positions of a number of satellites.

In Space Infrastructure

ESA/Johns Hopkins aim to deflect an asteroid with spacecraft impact

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 asteroid while an ESA spacecraft would monitor the impact and its effects on the object.

Asteroid Impact Monitor Design
Asteroid Impact Monitor Design 

In Space Infrastructure

The Sling-Sat orbital debris removal concept

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 Sling-Sat debris removal system are depicted in this short film: