Providing a much larger sample quantity to work with than other existing or proposed missions. While scientists may be happy spending $800 million to return 60 grams of material from an asteroid (Osiris-Rex) and can
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Reasons to ARM Wrestle – Item 2
Providing an ideal testbed for asteroid in situ resource utilization (ISRU) development Many people see asteroids as the premier source of vast quantities of off-world resources. But while there is no shortage of
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Jonathan Goff’s first point in reasons why NASA ARM missions may be a good thing: Adding a new, even more accessible “moon” to the Earth-moon system. A lot of people fixate on the fact that
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One of the subjects near and dear to my heart is the avoidance of Earthly extinction via asteroid or cometary impact. We should be working diligently to get off this planet and spreading ourselves around,
Read moreFight for Space – They Made It!
The past few days have been nearly meteoric in terms of funding. They passed $100K! CONGRATULATIONS!
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The Fight for Space Kickstarter campaign is still underway, and are at around $56K of $80K needed. Go Go GO!
Read moreTwenty-Nine Years and Looking Outbound
On a far-too-cold day twenty-nine years ago, the space shuttle Challenger was lost on ascent. Here is how we should remember her: Of course, reality and mature thought demand that we also think of her
Read moreBig News: First Commercial Crew Test Flights to ISS in 2017
At NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), there was held a press conference with SpaceX, Boeing, and their mutual customer, discussing the status of the Commercial Crew program. To put it shortly, both companies plan on
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The Fight For Space Kickstarter campaign is at just under $25K right now, with ten days to go to get $80K. I will be highlighting this everywhere I can, and I encourage others to do
Read moreFight For Space – Part II
The kickstarter for Fight For Space is continuing to collect pledges, but it could be faster. Please consider helping them out, and tell your fellow space nuts! Previous discussion here.
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