February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
...Rather than a Shield. B.A.A.S. 40, no 3, 404. 33 Horner, J, and B.W. Jones, (2009) Jupiter - friend or foe? II: The Centaurs. International Journal of Astrobiology, 8:75-80. 34 Horner, J, B.W. Jones, and J. Chambers(2010) Jupiter - friend or foe? III...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... 2300 light years, a range that includes millions of stars. Artist’s conception of the view from the surface of Centaur object 10199 Chariklo that orbits between Saturn and Uranus The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... Crater is near the lunar south pole and not far from the Cabeus crater where a spent Centaur upper stage was crashed to examine the spectral content of the ejecta plume. Water content was measured...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
.... In the image of the lunar south pole (above right), the Cabeus crater is indicated. This is where a spent Centaur upper stage was crashed to examine the spectral content of the ejecta plume and water content, which...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... methane/liquid oxygen propellants. This combination will also be used in SpaceX’s Starship, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur, Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Rocket Lab’s Neutron. MOXIE takes in Martian air and filters out...
18 August 2016
Space Rebel Niku Baffles Astronomers
... of the solar system. Niku isn't a solitary rebel, as he appears to be a part of a cluster of other high-inclination TNOs and Centaurs (minor planets), with some of the objects orbiting prograde, and some orbiting retrograde. So what it is that makes...
