This article describes the visionary rocket and space infrastructure concepts laid out in the 1950s by Goodyear Aircraft engineer Darrell C. Romick, who was eclipsed by Wernher von Braun: The Space City That Could Have Been, If Not For Wernher Von Braun – io9.com
More about Romick:
The latest episode of This Week @NASA covers Saturday’s space walk by two astronauts on the ISS to fix a coolant leak and several other topics including:
Humans 2 Mars, 40th Anniversary of Skylab, Marshburn “Testifies” From Space, Next ISS Crew Focused on Launch, Curiosity Rover Update, Landsat’s Vegas Time-Lapse, Fruit Flies Improving Flight, Student Launch Projects and more!
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Copenhagen Suborbitals
now has a concept design for their manned suborbital space vehicle, which they call the HEAT-1600/Tycho Deep Space: HEAT 1600 Concept Development – The Manifestation of Dreams and Ambitions (for Download) – Wired Science/Wired.com
“The first visualization of the HEAT-1600/TDSII rocket – 20 meters high. Image: Kristian von Bengtson. Concept: Peter Madsen / Kristian von Bengtson”
They make available the design drawings:
Nothing is secret at Copenhagen Suborbitals – so please go ahead – download the entire rocket here (Solidworks 2013, IGES and STP, 13MB total)
They are also making progress towards a flight test of their Sapphire rocket with using active guide jet vane rudders. Assembly pictures: 11-05-13 Sapphire Assembly – Copenhagen Suborbitals – Picasa Web Albums
The Mars One project to develop a settlement on the Red Planet was the topic of conversation on the Space Show yesterday with Bas Lansdorp, the project’s leader: Bas Lansdorp of Mars One, Friday, 5-10-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog .
The Google Earth Engine displays a range of satellite imagery including zoomable time-lapse views of particular areas over a 40 year time span: A picture of Earth through time – Official Google Blog
Here are some examples:
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