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Accelerating Mars Missions: The Promise of Nuclear Propulsion
Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
If successful, nuclear-powered rockets could open new possibilities for exploring and possibly colonizing Mars by reducing the travel time and exposure to space radiation, a significant hazard for astronauts on long-duration missions.
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.
It Will Take Only A Single SpaceX Starship To Launch A Space Station
Posted in Hardware, Science on 26th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller
Spaceflight is much cheaper these days thanks to SpaceX driving down launch costs, and the ability to launch pre-assembled space stations could further slash the overall bill.
US Space Force's Not-So-Secret X-37B Spaceplane Roars Into Orbit
Posted in Science on 29th Dec, 2023
by Alex Muller
According to the Space Force, OTV-7 will carry, in addition to its secret payload, experiments for future space domain awareness technologies and determining the long-term effects of space radiation, including a NASA experiment that will expose plant seeds to hard radiation for a prolonged period of time.
Rockets and satellites are shedding metal into the atmosphere
Posted in Science on 26th Oct, 2023
by Alex Muller
The presence of those metals could change the chemistry of the stratosphere.