June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... of spaceflight by about one thousand times, given high enough traffic levels for economies of scale. Just as steam locomotives transformed land transport, so spaceplanes will transform spaceflight and thereby make a huge contribution to life on our...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... conversion for space applications, including pyrolysis, steam reforming, incineration and gasification Simulated microgravity tests... Station Processing Facility at KSC. An oxygen and steam-rich environment was created within the reactor for ignition...
12 August 2019
Communicating water-powered CubeSats tested in space by NASA
...to move did so by firing its thrusters powered by steam. Aside from all of the communications equipment stowed onboard ... craft, the engineers have also show-horned in a steam-powered thruster. This method of propulsion requires a heat input ...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
... dish like gnocchi requires multiple cooking processes and the use of many pre-processed ingredients: boiling or steaming and mashing the potatoes, mixing with flour and seasonings, forming into shape, and boiling again...
February 2016
Space for Art
...to use my art to share in a unique way my spaceflight experience to inspire students, educators, and society’s interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths) education, and to continue to promote the amazing things we’re doing every...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... who opened up the wild parts of America, enthralling the public with vast canvases of mountains, deserts and steaming thermal areas that seemed like the gates of Hell itself. In deep space - the province of stars, nebulae...
