space

SpaceX aims to provide commercial Starship launches by 2021

Posted in Business, Science on 29th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also previously said that the company is looking at 2023 as the earliest target date for providing a Moon circuit space trip to his first paying tourist customer, Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa.

Mars Curiosity Detects High Methane Levels Which Could Be Life

Posted in Science on 24th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller

Microbial life is an important source of methane on Earth, but methane can also be created through interactions between rocks and water.

Two Quintillion Tons of Metal or Dense Oxides Found on the Moon

Posted in Science on 24th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller

Computer simulations of large asteroid impacts suggest that, under the right conditions, an iron-nickel core of an asteroid may be dispersed into the upper mantle (the layer between the Moon’s crust and core) during an impact.

Atomic Clock Will Help Navigation for Mars Missions

Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller

An atomic clock small enough to fly on a space mission but precise enough to give accurate directions could eliminate the need for 4-20 minute two-way communication delays for Mars missions.

Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin is going to the moon to ‘save the Earth’

Posted in Business, Science on 6th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller

"This isn’t something that this generation is going to accomplish, but we need to move heavy industry off Earth."