Seeking Out New Homes On New Worlds
(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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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 29, 2010
Grandma by ~Chase-SC2 on deviantART This weeks Carnival of Space was hosted by Bruce Leeeowe of Weird Sciences. Posts ranged from nuking asteroids to terrestrial atmospheres to some inspirational space art (as seen above). Interesting articles within our star system included: Dr. Bruce Cordell (via 21st Century Waves) predicts that...
Mar 27, 2010
Last weeks Carnival of Space was hosted by Mike Simonsen upon Simostronomy. Posts ranged from barnstorming the space frontier to Martian landslides to Russian lunar rovers. Articles of interest to future space settlers include: Brian Wang (via Next Big Future) brings us the good news about plasma nuclear fission which could be used to...
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,...
Mar 22, 2010
With President Obama cancelling Constellation and outsourcing space to the private sector, many politicians have been complaining that ditching the NASA rockets will leave America in the hands of the Russians. Now it looks like SpaceX, a company who thus far has been able to launch one successful rocket into space is challenging Russia...
Mar 20, 2010
Last week the 145th Carnival of Space was hosted by Adam Crowl upon Crowlspace. Posts ranged from close encounters with moon rocks and Martian valleys to future space vacations under $500, to viewing astronauts resolve Hubble trouble in 3D. Did I mention that there might be millions of habitable planets within our galaxy? Interesting...
Mar 18, 2010
(Image: Terraformed Mars, Artist: Ittiz) It looks like humanities hope of turning Mars into a second Earth may never translate into reality thanks in part to the red planet’s lack of a magnetic field. Scientists have discovered that our Sun’s solar radiation may thwart all attempts at increasing the atmospheric pressure of...