October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... our planet from orbit, we must also recognize that the journey to Mars will be a process of breaking down walls and bringing together the best of what we are capable of as humanity. Today, many have a tendency to think of space...
February 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... spacecraft of Kupalo crater, one of the youngest craters on Ceres. It has bright material exposed on its rim and walls, which could be salts. Its flat floor likely formed from impact melt and debris. Kupalo measures...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... the form of P.L. 114-90. 5 HR 2262-3 (51 USC. § 50914(a)(4)(E)). 6 HR 2262-8, Sec. 112(c). 7 HR 2262-17, Sec. 302. 8 See, e.g., Mike Wall, Asteroid Mining May be a Reality by 2025, Aug. 11, 2015, http://www.space.com/30213-asteroid-mining-planetary...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... potential of metallic printing technologies. The valve was an interesting case, since it possessed both thick and thin walls, was manufactured starting from a rather large block of stainless steel (with significant amount of waste material and...
May 2016
A new microgravity research facility for Central Texas and beyond
... drag shield. From the moment of integration, which is finalized by closing the cylindrical and air-tight side walls of the drag shield, until the experiment run is completed all systems onboard require power supply. This...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... were collaborative and large scale, so that the patents’ art was not just something we taped to the walls of their rooms but connected them to each other, formed relationships and connected them to the community in a way...
