Theoretical Rescue Mission For The Columbia Space Shuttle - Part One of Two Parts
Part One of Two Parts
Part One of Two Parts
In a recent blog post, I talked about some of the lunar missions that the Chinese have planned.
With the discovery of thousands of planets orbiting other stars, the question of life elsewhere in the universe is a topic of popular debate.
There are only a few nations with serious space launch capability. A few other nations are working on building their own infrastructure to launch space missions. All the other countries have to rely on purchasing launch services from countries which do have their own space programs.
I have blogged extensively about the Indian space program. They are far behind the U.S., Europe, Russia and China but they are making respectable progress.
I have been a fan of science fiction since I was about six years old.
Last week, I blogged about the Chinese ambition to mine the Moon for helium-3 to fuel fusion reactors.
I have blogged before about the plans that China has for lunar exploration. China is carrying out a whole series of missions to the Moon scheduled out to 2020.
Last week I blogged about a planned space mission that would launch a thousand tiny satellites the size of cell phones towards another star propelled by giant lasers.
Yuri Milner is a billionaire Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist. He is the founder of an investment firm originally named Digital Sky Technologies which is now called Mail.ru Group. He also founded DST Global.