April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
... there much faster than this. If we could reduce the outward voyage from six months to six weeks, we’d see a 75 percent ... far as Mars only to go into kidney failure during the voyage home. Evidence of the impact of radiation on the human kidney ...
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
...), the process of safely relocating an entire planet’s population is stated to be as long as three years. And although the starship Voyager has the necessary technology to ‘fix’ the planet’s nuclear apocalypse, the intense yearning of some among the...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
...System travelling three to five times faster than the Voyager spacecraft, allowing rapid scientific study of nearby interstellar ... for years and is of high interest to space science. The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, is now about 137 AU from...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
...possible to protect workers from radiation in nuclear facilities, astronauts from the effects of cosmic radiation on long voyages or possibly help human colonies grow crops in extreme environments, such as the Moon or Mars The underlying biochemistry...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
...different to what the space travellers discover they must do on their epic voyage to faraway parts of the galaxy. Therefore, we need those intelligent principles, to help our voyagers make informed decisions en route to new star systems. There’s been...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
...of notable aerospace partners, and a design backed by Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin. Northrop Grumman was given an initial... third private space station design – from Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin – has a striking design...
