by Bill D'Zio | May 30, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, PRESS RELEASES
NASA awarded some pretty odd contracts in the past. NASA also likes catchy acronyms for their projects. The Southwest Research Institute just got $3 million bucks from NASA for LASVEGAS development. No, not Las Vegas the place for high stakes gambling. LASVEGAS stands...
by Blaine Curcio | May 28, 2020 | Beyond Earth Orbit
Elon Musk is perhaps the world’s most polarizing person. Most people are not polarizing. Most polarizing people, you either love them, or you hate them. Elon Musk is one of very few people who is so polarizing that not only can you love him, but you can also...
by admin | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Uncategorized
Apollo 15 Hammer and Feather drop test Credit NASA Imagine two objects. We connect one light object and one heavier object to each other by a string. Climb to the top of a tower with these two objects. It is a calm, sunny day with little wind. Once you reach the top,...
by Bill D'Zio | May 23, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
What happens if an asteroid hits Earth? Bruce Willis might have saved the world by blowing up a nuclear device on an asteroid in the film Armageddon. In the movie, Bruce Willis heroically sacrifices his life, breaking the killer Asteroid in two. But this time,...
by Bill D'Zio | May 14, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
The Hayabusa 2 ion engine fired up today, May 12, at 7:00 JST (onboard time). Aboard the spacecraft, samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu which orbits the sun between the planet Mars and Jupiter. The collection of samples that may contain the...
by Bill D'Zio | May 7, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
New spacecraft experience setbacks all the time. SpaceX Starship prototype violently disassembled several times. Boeing launched the CST-100 but ended up in the wrong orbit. China isn’t a stranger to setbacks either. China tested a prototype spacecraft on May...
