March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
...and the economics are more favourable than for transporting resources back to Earth. Full-scale space ... will be supportive of the legal right to access, possess, use, transport and sell space resources, as the policy is part of a broader initiative...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
.... This much lower valuation would imply space mining transport equipment of the longer term future that could be... important contribution could well be more cost-effective space transportation systems such as solar powered electric propulsion. If one...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... bred during each cycle. Robotic capabilities inside of MICEHAB. Versatile and reliable robotic systems are necessary to transport enclosures, handle mice delicately, and perform medical checkups. The first generation of mice entirely bred in partial...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... 1B vehicle to loft elements of its deep space gateway and transport system to cislunar space. In its ultimate Block 2 configuration, ... of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will transport high-priority science missions beyond Earth’s orbit for a...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
...(Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander will be the first mission to explore ...filled by lava and/or by basaltic sands of volcanic origin transported by the wind. The solar arrays on NASA’s InSight lander...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
..., these sites are still under development to serve orbital launches. Caveat for developers While the space transportation industry prepares to serve the small spacecraft market in anticipation of huge profits there is a warning for commercial small...
