A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human expansion into the solar system (see also previous space settlement postings): ** NIAC grant for Aqua Factorem, an Ultra Low-Energy Lunar Water Extraction system. This approach, briefly mentioned in an earlier roundup, takes advantage of the processing that the unique lunar geology has already … Continue reading Space settlement roundup – May.13.2020
A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here): NASA lunar programs: Op-ed | Taking stock of NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services progress – SpaceNews.com Lunar Gateway On Again For 2023 – SpacePolicyOnline.com … Continue reading Space policy roundup – May.8.2020
A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** Quetzal-1 CubeSat, developed at the University del Valle de Guatemala, was deployed into orbit from the ISS yesterday. The project was sponsored by KiboCUBE, a collaboration of the Japanese space … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – April.29.2020
A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** Univ. of Michigan to lead SunRISE multi-cubesat mission selected by NASA to study solar storms by detecting radio waves that precede coronal mass ejections: ‘Largest radio telescope in space’ to … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Apr.2.2020
A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here): Schedule: What’s Happening in Space Policy March 22-April 4, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com Coronavirus: National Space Council meeting postponed – SpaceNews.com Work on SLS and … Continue reading Space policy roundup – March.23.2020