January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
...to help prepare the way for humans, a device that pulled oxygen out of the Martian atmosphere, and a weather station. These...first flight the importance is learning. This launch vehicle uses oxygen and methane and these propellants can come from Mars. ...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... can be effectively protected by multi-metre layers of fuel in the tanks. The low molecular weight of methane and oxygen increases the shielding efficiency. The optimal configuration of the construction for 1000 ships is a sphere, the surface...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... an example of these ‘invisible’ textiles that solve challenging situations while living in space. Membrane modules supply freshwater, oxygen, and energy in a spacecraft. They are also used for human waste management, separation of gas from liquids...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
...of Burgandy, Dijon, France. His expertise lies in the analysis of traditional stable isotopes (hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur) of sedimentary archives in order to place constraints on the biological and geochemical evolution of Earth...
29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
... of a thorough investigation before definite conclusions are made: There was an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Data suggests counterintuitive cause. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2015 The failure of the rocket is the...
08 March 2016
Falcon 9 Successfully Launches SES-9
...issues associated with the rocket’s use of “supercooled” liquid oxygen. The February 28th launch attempt was cancelled immediately after main... a low thrust alarm. According to Musk, the liquid oxygen had warmed during a half-hour long delay in the ...
