June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... an initial goal of reducing cost per pound of cargo to orbit to $1,000.11 This figure is traceable to a series of studies fostered by NASA and the US Department of Defense from the 1970s–90s.12 Those studies pointed to launch costs as the constraint...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
...could be found in a novel collaboration between industry and NASA, which we will discuss later. Collaboration between governments and ... of the total overall NEO detection programme. NASA benefited, Planetary Resources benefited, the science community...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... a gravity assist manoeuvre at Venus to provide a boost in velocity to propel them on their way to their primary mission target. NASA missions that have used this slingshot effect include Galileo (Jupiter), MESSENGER (Mercury), Cassini (Saturn), and...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... more antibioticresistant capabilities resulting from exposure to zero gravity and other environmental factors. The challenge facing NASA? Neutralise these species without chemicals, antibiotics, acids and solvents. And just in case that problem was...
February 2018
Journey of inspiration
...woodworking and other crafts, and one day to work at NASA. NASA mentors Shortly after graduating from college I started a job...selection In 2000, I was selected into the 18th class of NASA Astronauts – something that’s still very surreal. Our class was...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... where the realities of money set in. I discovered, however, that there was some money available. For decades, NASA would send a representative to live in Canberra to be an interface between the tracking station, government, the site’s operations and...
