NASA Working On New Heat Shielding Material
Once you go to the trouble of launching a spacecraft, you may be faced with the problem of landing it safely back on Earth or some other astronomical body with an atmosphere.
Japan Launches A Space Junk Collector
One of the big problems for the future of spaceflight is the growing amount of junk in Earth Orbit. The human race is certainly careless about littering space.
New U.S. Nuclear Policy May Launch Arms Race In Space
One big worry about space exploration is that hostile nations will deploy devastating weapons in space. The major international space treaty currently prohibits placing any weapons in orbit or on bodies is space such as asteroids, moons, etc. Recently the U.S.
Draft Of A National Space Policy From Air University
The Air University (AU) is part of the United States Air Force's Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. For the past two years, a group of officers and students at AU has been participating in a program called Space Horizons.
The Promise Of Space Based Solar Power
The human race has an insatiable hunger for electricity.
Cannae Announces Test Of Their Propellantless Engine
I recently posted a two part articles about a new type of engine that apparently defies the laws of physics. Most of the focus was on what is being called the EM engine. It is a sealed truncated cone that functions as a resonant cavity for microwaves. The unique feature of these engines is that they do not require any propellant. In the post, I briefly mentioned another drive based on similar principles called the Cannae drive.
3-D Printing on the Moon with Siemens Spiders
3-D printing holds great potential for use in space. Instead of having to send up many different components, new components and structures can be directly created in space with 3-D printers.
Impossible Electromagnetic Engine Puzzles Scientists - Part Two of Two Parts
Part Two of Two Parts (Please read Part One first)
Impossible Electromagnetic Engine Puzzles Scientists - Part One of Two Parts
Part One of Two Parts
Sabotage Ruled Out In September 1 Explosion of SpaceX Falcon 9
On September 1st of this year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. The rocket was intended to carry a one hundred and ninety five million dollar Facebook satellite into orbit to extend the reach of the Internet to unserved areas in Africa. SpaceX lost another rocket earlier this year.