June 2018
Publish or perish: the astronomer’s dilemma
... up the tenure track. This often involves committing to a professional life that resembles the hamster wheel of the “cycle of observing, analysis and publishing”. From this investigation of values two opposite notions of science emerge. The first...
June 2018
Striding through space
... the MMU in place. Then you lean forward and... you’re free!” “Now detach the tether,” he continued. “I cycled the controllers, and Bob Stewart put his hand up and made sure gas was coming out...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...instrument encased in a vacuum container and a short-period (SP) instrument that will focus on measuring higher-frequency vibrations up to 50 cycles per second. “SP will be switched on in the first few days after landing and will start gathering data...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... efficient, reliable, lightweight, have large capacity, be rechargeable (preferably utilizing active charging) and survive many cycles. NASA’s Wearable Robotics Laboratory, in collaboration with Rice University, has developed the Soft Wearable Upper...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... between the amount of GCR radiation and the SPE occurrence probability due to the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle. During periods of maximum solar activity, SPE occurrence is more likely, but GCR radiation is deflected by the increased...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... as the local density of boulders and proximity to the largest rock formations, variations in temperature over the diurnal cycle, steepness and good communication with the spacecraft were considerations for collecting the best data. By the...
