Leaving something permanent. One of the saddest things about the Apollo missions is that they didn’t leave anything permanent that made future missions any easier. When Apollo was canceled, all that was left were museum
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Reasons to ARM Wrestle – Item 9
Providing more experience with on-asteroid operations. If the Rosetta/Philae mission should tell us anything, it’s that there’s still a lot to learn, from an engineering standpoint, about how to operate successfully on the surface of
Read moreTriad – Three Technologies Unite for Mars
VASIMR Plasma Propulsion Small Fusion Systems Asteroid Retrieval In the past few months the three items of my extreme interest have hit the news, and it has me pondering if NASA may be putting together
Read moreInterstellar!
The Christopher Nolan movie Interstellar has been released on home video today. Some of you may remember my review back when it came out, and I am very energized to have a copy of my
Read moreReasons to ARM Wrestle – Item 6
Demonstrating planetary defense techniques. If something similar to ARM Option B is selected, NASA is interested in using it to demonstrate the “gravity tractor” method for deflecting the parent asteroid. Learning how to deflect potentially
Read moreSystems of Systems – Human Experience and Space
One of the tenets of the Outbound project is that Humanity already lives and works in space. We are surrounded by the environment that is keyed to our biology and allows us to live with
Read moreFight for Space – Keep Swinging!
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
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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