March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...In considering the future, one might do well to consider Ray Kurzweil and his prediction about the coming ‘Singularity’ or those... Month time. When Peter Diamandis talks of abundance and Ray Kurzweil of singularity, they are suggesting a world that ...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... the topography and surface morphology of Mercury. Instruments include the Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS), the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) and the Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...-IR; microwave radiometers; sub-mm-wave spectrometers; short wavelength radars; GPS radio occultation; mass spectrometers; gamma ray and X-ray spectrometers; and optical communication lasers that can be used for occultation. That’s quite a rich suite...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... or waves are of immense scientific interest as they help scientists to scan the planet’s interior in a similar way that an x-ray reveals the insides of a human body One of InSight’s primary objectives is to study seismic waves that originate either...
August 2018
Flying to the stars
... and therefore do not generate thrust. The second antimatter propulsion concept is based on heating up propellant via gamma rays. Although higher thrusts can be reached in this way, the exhaust velocity is reduced significantly. The only antimatter...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
...medium. A further seven instruments–MGNS (Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), MIXS (Mercury Imaging Spectrometer), ...MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory), and SIXS (Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer) – will look at everything ...
