April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
...offer a potentially far more cost-effective source of propellant (hydrogen and oxygen) to fuel a large crewed spacecraft to Mars.... Lunar scientists estimate that the amount of oxygen and hydrogen available in the exposed lunar crust could be enough to...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
...called AF-M315E, and proprietary bipropellant combinations of hydrogen peroxide combined with the hydrocarbon NHMF (non-toxic... supply, and only one supplier globally of the proprietary hydrogen peroxide-NHMF mix. This brings huge limitations to anyone...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
...used in hybrid rocket motors are dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitrous oxide (N2O), liquid oxygen (...duration missions due to its poor dehydrogenation kinetic and hydrogen storage efficiency. Diborane has the same features as ...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... from Arecibo are impressive in their variety and importance. In yet another seminal study, an Arecibo survey of interstellar hydrogen, known by its acronym GALFA-HI, has revealed that the neutral gas is closely coupled to magnetic fields. This...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... sintering of regolith with the aim of producing infrastructure and building blocks for construction, and the extraction of hydrogen, oxygen and water as raw commodities. Terrestrial solar concentrators are heavy, not designed for shipping, assembly...
April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
...fact, it would probably require the same mixture of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur, ...as permafrost, as well as vast quantities of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen, all in forms readily accessible to those clever ...
