April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
...’t be influenced by a magnetic field. Passive shielding requires the wall of the spacecraft to be lined with materials that will block ...the Sun can be blocked by the shielding in the wall of the spacecraft, but high energy particles will penetrate ...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... formulas he had developed for NASA spacecraft and exploration probes to Wall Street. It worked. He had built a financial empire, complete... floated into the Space Station it was like the Berlin Wall falling. Ironically of course, in this case it was ...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
...mission. The sub-habitats are working areas, with walls that are 3D-printed from Martian sand and dust NASA...-proof construction that, thanks to the thermal inertia of the thick walls, provided a cool environment in hot weather and kept warm in ...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... it will have the cable and pipe interfaces to the exterior of the MTF. The northern and southern walls of the Service Section are used to place subsystems and other equipment. A roughly one metre wide corridor...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... snoring and process them through noise cancellation, and wall mounted speakers can create a quieter environment and appropriate ...protect the head of the user from bumping against the wall during sleep. Still, this physical contact allows for material...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... base, located in the lava tubes in the crater wall near the north pole, where crater-based resources, in... in the Amundsen Crater, as the crater is characterised by heavily terraced walls, where a protected cave could be created. The idea is to bring...
