The idea is to make the spacecraft act more like a human: Instead of just seeing data, it’s thinking about what the data shows and how to respond.
Category: Space
Seismic Data Suggests Ocean’s Worth of Water Lies Beneath Surface of Mars
The volume of water is estimated to be enough to cover Mars in an ocean about a mile deep.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to Make Closest Approach to the Sun on Christmas Eve
Parker planned to get more than seven times closer to the sun than previous spacecraft, hitting 430,000 mph (690,000 kph) at closest approach. It’s the fastest spacecraft ever built and…
‘God of Darkness’ Asteroid Will Pass Extremely Close to Earth in 2029
Asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, is a near-Earth asteroid that has garnered significant attention due to its close approach to our home planet.
Astronauts Aboard International Space Station Told to Prepare for Urgent Evacuation
NASA is now calling the cracks in a Russian service module a ‘top safety risk’ – escalating the threat rating to five out of five. Astronauts have been warned to…
Is Paleoclimate Cyclic? It’s a Mystery to Me
In about 120 million years we will finally cross the Sagittarius spiral arm. We will exit this Ice House with its periodic glacial ages and enter the next Hot House…
Mission to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, begins on October 10th…amazing work by Galileo 400+ years ago on the largest planet in our solar system and its moons
Europa is a world that shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust which could very well host conditions favorable for life. NASA will place…
Odysseus Achieves First Ever Private Lunar Soft Landing
An exciting new milestone in the quest to conquer space.
Another Warning Shot from Space: Melbourne, Australia Experiences a “Loud Bang”
Why are we wasting resources on the imaginary climate crisis, when there are real threats to address?
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room
Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on a picture-perfect mission – the first American asteroid sample return in histor
Concerns Over Interstellar SUVs: Greenhouse Gas Fears Reach a Cosmic Scale
It might not be long before we see the Milky Way’s first interplanetary carbon tax
Space Based Solar Power: Like Terrestrial Solar, but More Expensive
“… we think we can build and commission a 2GW power station every year. …”
Apollo 17: 50th Anniversary of the Most Successful Manned Space Mission… So Far
Guest “What a field trip!” by David Middleton On December 7, 1972 (a date which should no longer solely “live in infamy”) at 12:33 a.m. EST astronauts Gene Cernan, Harrison…
String Pollution Crisis
“I am forever being plagued by finding bits of string and twine and yarn in odd places in my home, yard, boat and car. Now, pollution by odd bits of…
NASA Seeks Public’s Designs to Throw Shade in Space
To further this exploration, NASA is supporting the early-stage study of a concept for a hybrid observatory that would combine a ground-based telescope with a space-based starshade.
China Rejects NASA Claim They Want to Take Over the Moon
A fascinating war of words has erupted between NASA and the CCP, over China’s space intentions.
NASA Launch: Australia Joins the Commercial Space Race
Australia’s first ever commercial space launch, from our near Equatorial Arnhem Space Centre, will occur 10.44pm ACST (06:14am Sunday California Time).
Lunar Soil has the Potential to Generate Oxygen and Fuel
Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report May 5 in the journal Joule.
NASA Goddard Scientists Begin Studying 50-year-old Frozen Apollo 17 Samples
For Elsila, “it’s very cool to think about all the work that went into collecting the samples on the Moon and then all the forethought and care that went into…
DART Mission Launched to Test “Armageddon” Asteroid Deflection Capability
Following recent concerns that the risk of dangerous Asteroid impacts may have been underestimated, NASA appears to be stepping up its plans to develop the capability to deflect inbound space…
Exotic Non-Rocket US Launcher Conducts a Successful 20% Power Test
US based SpinLaunch has performed their first 20% power launch, flinging a test payload “10s of thousands” of feet into the sky.
NASA Scientists Present Asteroid Deflection Research
NASA Scientists performing experiments on actual Asteroid fragments have presented conclusions about the limits of inbound Asteroid deflection, and the need to plan for multiple “bumps” if the Asteroid is…
China is Constructing an Experimental Orbital Solar Power Satellite
China has announced an energy roadmap which includes plans to build a megawatt solar power satellite by 2030, and a gigawatt scale space based solar power satellite by 2050. If…
Dark matter is slowing the spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar
For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been measured.
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