space

Elon Musk Doubles Down On Mars Dreams And Details What's Next For SpaceX's Starship

Posted in Hardware, Science on 22nd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller

SpaceX has done some early work on what needs to happen once Starships arrive at the red planet.

NASA is designing a time zone just for the moon

Posted in Science on 3rd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller

The White House issued a memo directing the agency to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time, which will help guide humanity's potentially permanent presence on the moon.

Russia and China Want to Build a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon

Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller

Russia and China are currently working on a plan to develop a nuclear power plant that could support the pair's ambitious joint exploration program.

The First 3D Printer To Use Molten Metal In Space Is Headed To The ISS This Week

Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Further out, metal 3D printing could contribute to ESA's vision of a "Circular space economy," in which material from old satellites, spent rocket stages, and other infrastructure is recycled into new structures, tools, and parts as needed.

Scientists 'Astonished' Yet Another Of Saturn's Moons May Be An Ocean World

Posted in Science on 27th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

We know there is an abundance of ice in the outer solar system, from moons to comets. Interior ocean worlds depend on another source of heat-gravity.