Mar 23, 2009

(Hat Tip: Skymania News) Finding an inexpensive and effective way to travel beyond the heavens above has been the quest of humanity since the days of the Wright Brothers. While some see space elevators as the key, it looks as if the British are placing their faith in air breathing Skylon jets. (New Scientist) Unlike scramjets, Skylon is...

Dec 12, 2007

(Image: Deep Space 9, Credit: Star Trek) Several thousand years ago, an empire called Rome used its extensive road system to keep communication and trade flowing throughout its empire. Today, like Rome, the nations on Earth depend upon sea routes, railways and airplanes to safely transport goods and people across our planet. But unlike...

Jul 5, 2007

Editor’s note: The tenth Carnival of Space is up over at Why Homeschool and has thus far been the best roundup of what is happening in the space arena (at least as far as blogs are concerned). Some interesting posts include: Paul Gilster of Centauri Dreams discusses a new theoretical propulsion system that may enable humanity to...

Jun 20, 2007

A thousand years from now when our species has begun to conquer other star systems (after colonizing our own of course), who will be some of the individuals who will go down in solar history? While most of history has yet to be written, our future descendants may find themselves whining about memorizing the names from the “Early...

Jun 4, 2007

(Image Credit: TD Summer Reading Club) Despite the fact that the best estimates put Mars at least 25 years away, a pair of adventurers is seeking to visit the red planet around 2014. (Space Fellowship) Tom and Tina Sjogren (founders and operators of the [Explorersweb.com]) have revealed their plans to embark on a private expedition to...

May 19, 2007

(Image Credit: South Dakota Department of Environmental and Natural Resources) Whether by fate or by chance, it seems that wherever humans set foot upon they end up bringing their microscopic friends along. While this obvious fact may seem trivial to most people, their unchecked presence on board star ships may spell certain doom for...

Apr 7, 2007

Image Credit: Bigelow Aerospace, via MSNBC) (Hat Tip: Hobby Space) With news of billionaires launching themselves into space, many people with less than seven figures on their hands wonder when it will be their turn to visit beyond the skies. Although the price range may eventually drop for the moderately wealthy, Bigelow seems to be...

Mar 15, 2007

Magnetic Sails hold much promise into allowing humanity to travel our solar system at not only an increased amount of speed, but reduced costs as well. Unfortunately scientists seem to be pondering on which method is best to actually charge these theoretical crafts, as the details of either choice tend to be a “bit...