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Showing posts with label space exploration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space exploration. Show all posts
Saturday, May 07, 2016

What a real spaceship would look like

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Or could look like, based on technology we already have or have within our grasp: The video is from 2011, so no doubt there have been m...
Friday, February 13, 2015

The mental/emotional effects of isolation

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An article by Felicity Aston, the first woman to ski cross-country across the Antarctic continent, completely alone. She talks about her ex...
Saturday, August 09, 2014

A real "Warp Drive" for Space Travel

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I had posted about this previously . Here is a video, talking about a possible prototype, if experiments on earth justify further research:...
Saturday, August 02, 2014

A propulsion drive without fuel?

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Yes, and it may take us to Mars: EmDrive Is an Engine That Breaks the Laws of Physics and Could Take Us to Mars An experimental engine i...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Moonbase That Almost Was

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Moonbase Apollo (1968) [...] Not widely known is that in 1968, as it prepared its first piloted Apollo flight – Apollo 7, which flew in Sep...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

Can a Warp Drive really "fly"?

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Some people say definitely "yes": Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction [...] According to Einstein's theory of...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Panarama from Mars

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Follow the link and click on the interactive panorama, in full screen mode. It's really cool: Stand on Mars Next to the Curiosity Rov...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sci-Fi Rockets of the '50s become a reality

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SXSW: Elon Musk discusses hovering rocket, Mars and that NYT review AUSTIN -- Elon Musk says if mankind doesn't make it to Mars by the ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Song will Premiere Broadcast from Mars

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NASA, will.i.am to Premiere Song Live From Mars Black Eyed Peas co-founder William Adams, a.k.a. will.i.am, is working with NASA on an int...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Neil Armstrong, on Space Exploration

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Neil Armstrong: modest man, large footprint in time and space [...] After commanding the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong took a desk job at the...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

How SpaceX is Saving America Money

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By being more efficient than NASA: Why SpaceX is setting the pace in the commercial space race [...] Dec. 7, 2012, will mark the 40th annive...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

NASA's Space Shuttle Program Winds Down; What is likely to replace our space fleet?

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Next-to-last space shuttle flight lands on Earth [...] Launch managers marveled Wednesday over how good Endeavour still looks. "It look...
Sunday, April 03, 2011

Photos of Mercury from the Messenger Probe

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Apparently it took years to arrive there, because it had to follow a convoluted path to avoid being destroyed by the sun's gravitational...
Saturday, January 01, 2011

2011. Here we go...

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Shall we start the year with some interesting pictures from space? Why not... 11 MORE Strange Things About Outer Space If you follow the li...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Asteroid Sample Brought Back to Earth

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At least, that's what they think: Space probe returns to Earth from trip to asteroid ADELAIDE, Australia -- A team of eager scientists f...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Obama's "Devastating" Plans for NASA

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President to Outline His Vision for NASA President Obama will seek to promote his vision for the nation’s human space flight program on Thur...
Monday, February 01, 2010

NASA's Planned Return to the Moon - Cancelled?

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There's been talk about this since Obama won the election, and now it looks like it's about to happen: Orion Spacecraft; to launch i...
Friday, October 09, 2009

Lunar crashes: No plume, just ... data.

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Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate WASHINGTON — NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space ...
Thursday, October 08, 2009

Two Intentional Lunar Crashes on Friday

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An artist's rendering shows the LCROSS spacecraft, left, separating from its Centaur rocket. NASA set to crash on the moon -- twice (CN...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

After the Repairs: The New Hubble Photographs

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Superb vistas from reborn Hubble Astronomers are celebrating the release of remarkable new images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The...