According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, three fears account for “the most expensive, ambitious projects humans have ever undertaken.”
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It is “human destiny” to go to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said today at the Humans 2 Mars Summit that is taking place this week at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Even if NASA’s Mars Curiosity mission doesn’t end up accomplishing another thing other than establishing the fact that there was once flowing water on the planet’s surface, it will have served […]
On Thursday (June 27) PayPal announced a new initiative that will research possible protocols for off-world currency transactions. With space tourism opportunities around the corner, it’s not so farfetched an idea.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk – recently named by TED’s Chris Anderson as one of the most innovative thinkers in the world today – is at it again, this time with a plan […]
Using raw images from NASA’s website, space nerd Karl Sanford constructed this short time-lapse video that features highlights of the Curiosity Rover’s visit to Mars.
Energy becomes literally the fuel that allows us to fulfill almost all of our dreams and what I point out to people is we do have a squanderable abundance of energy. It happens to be sunlight.
According to NASA officials and other experts, meeting President Barack Obama’s directive will require clearing some significant technological hurdles.
Make no mistake: the first powered SS1 launch was the catalyst that inspired hundreds of entrepreneurs throughout the world to follow their NewSpace dreams.
Technology makes bombs and it can put us on Mars. Technology is neither good nor bad. It is a reflection of us.
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When London’s Tate Gallery asked the French painter Balthus for some personal details to include in a 1968 retrospective exhibition, Balthus replied via telegram: “No biographical details. Begin: Balthus is […]
The race to build the world’s first 3D-printed house is on. Italian civil engineer Enrico Dini (the subject of an upcoming documentary called “The Man Who Prints Houses”) has plans to print […]
Anyone on planet Earth can submit a haiku to be sent to Mars on the MAVEN mission.
False coloring is used in this image to reveal greater detail. The image here depicts mystery martian morphology.
No bodies of water exist on Mars. But they used to, thousands or perhaps millions of years ago, as this photo attests.
Ganymede and Europa have many of the conditions that could support life as we know it. We’ll find out if and when an internationally-sponsored probe — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE — gets there in 2030.
Ideology often drives people to madness. History is full of frightening examples. The most recent may be California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a member of the House Science Committee, which […]
The video below shows Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo breaking the sound barrier.
The issue is solar radiation. A solution to the solar storms, which have the ability to decompose our DNA in a matter of days, would be a deflector shield much like the one used by the Starship Enterprise.
Technology can bring us closer and then can also keep us farther apart from each other.
If just stay on the same pathway every single day that’s going to be a pretty predictable pathway of what you’re going down now.
We may soon find out: NASA just gave Systems & Materials Research Corporation a six-month, $125,000 grant to develop a working prototype of a food synthesizer.
Caleb Henry Space is no stranger to attention. Pursuing the heavens in any form is sure to turn heads, and with the increased momentum of private ventures, NewSpace is no […]
Long-term antidepressant use may be an invitation to diabetes.
Fearing for his marriage, a dentist fired an employee he deemed “irresistible.” The Iowa Supreme Court said that’s perfectly fine.
NASA has announced that its most recent Mars rover, Curiosity, recently found evidence of substantial water stores present on the planet’s surface billions of years ago.
If we are to ever reach beyond our own planet, possibly colonizing asteroids and Jupiter’s moon Europa, we need a better propellant system. Rocket scientists recommend nuclear power.
1. The Anti-drone Hoodie Some clothing is designed to make you stand out from the crowd. Then there are the clothes that are to designed to make you invisible to drones. […]
“Society 2.0” — the label writer Richard Hollingham gives to future space colonies — will probably be a lot messier and more complicated than what’s been modeled via the “Star Trek” franchise.
One reason, says the founder of the Inspiration Mars Foundation, is that participants are “going to need someone [they] can hug” given the length of the mission.