Seeking Out New Homes On New Worlds
Jun 14, 2010
After promising the world that India would become a space power by 2015, it looks as if the world’s largest democracy is now scheduling its first human encounter with the stars by 2017. India has aspirations to establish a lunar colony in the future as well, and has even proposed teaming up with Japan as well as Russia to help...
May 13, 2010
One of the biggest hurdles preventing humanity from settling the final frontier is micro gravity. While it may be fun to float in the air like jelly fish floats in water, micro gravity can wreck serious damage upon our bodies, turning strong bones into brittle skeletons. Fortunately it looks as if the boys and girls at NASA may have...
May 12, 2010
Unless you are fortunate enough to live on a water abundant world (like Earth, the red planet, and yes, even the Moon), future space travelers are going to have to recycle every drop of water that exits their body (regardless of origin). Since bacteria have a tendency to thrive in micro gravity, astronauts will need to find a way to...
May 12, 2010
(Image: Zhai Zhigang waving from outside the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft, Credit: CCTV / Xinhua) Probably seen as America’s biggest space rival, China has recently emerged as a major space power after conducting their first space walk in 2008 (not to mention launching a lunar satellite around the Moon). With future plans of launching a...
May 3, 2010
Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few weeks. Apparently this site has become a favorite target of human spammers (I guess they were upset after I found a way to block their bots), plus I was busy posting upon other blogs I write for. I have been staying updated on the space front, and while I am not too pleased with...
Apr 12, 2010
(Image Credit: No Where Nevada) Last weeks Carnival of Space was hosted by Kathryn Laurent of Celestial Spider. Articles ranged from time machines to free falling from space to how to analyze the atmosphere of another planet. Articles ranging within our own star system include: Paul Spudis of The Once and Future Moon has an excellent...
Mar 22, 2010
(Image Credit: NASA) Before we can build homes, fertilize the soil and raise up forests upon the red planet (not to mention bring our animal friends as well), we are going to have to figure out a way to safely get to Mars. Despite the advances of chemical rockets, taking a 6 month journey to that crimson world would not only be...
Mar 22, 2010
(Image Credit: Unknown) Ever since we discovered water on the Moon, scientists have been trying to figure out how much water is upon the lunar surface, and whether or not there would be enough to sustain not only colonists but perhaps a few rockets as well. Now it looks like there may be “3 different flavors” of lunar water,...