The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (pdf) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Orion/MoonRise: a Joint Human/Robotic Sample Return Mission from the Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin by Leon Alkalai, NASA JPL, on Feb.27.13.
See also the paper Orion/MoonRise: A Proposed Human & Robotic Sample Return Mission from the Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin (pdf) by L. Alkalai et al.
A report from JP Aerospace on the latest test of their MHD propulsion system, which would be used to power their airships to orbit (see writeup pdf): Magnetohydrodynamic Generator Test 90 – JP Aerospace Blog.
Amy Shira Teitel writes about space history and in this essay she says, “Instead of wondering how NASA lost its edge, we ought to lay a foundation for a systematic exploration of space.” : We should drop the Apollo model in space, but keep the inspiration – Al Jazeera English.
Here’s an article about the artwork created to illustrate the large in-space habitats proposed by Gerard O’Neill and co-workers in the 1970s: The Men Who Made Space Colonies Look Like Home – DiscoverMagazine.com
Bonhams will hold a space memorabilia/collectibles auction on March 25th: