February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... mission. Low solar (and especially ultraviolet) emissions mean sub-average atmospheric heating. In response, the atmosphere contracts, becoming less dense at a given altitude, reducing drag on orbiting spacecraft. That EGG was able to de-orbit...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
..., named Project Flower, was one of the six oil-for-arms contracts signed in Tehran in 1977. Iran and Israel did not have diplomatic...Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. The multi-million dollar contract with North Korea was the start of years of military ...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... of similar materials and processes for future spacecraft. The issue is that, as everything cools down, different materials contract more or less, which can cause stresses to build up. If a spacecraft instrument’s mirror twists a little bit one way...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... Boeing was awarded the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract from NASA to develop a capsule to transport American astronauts... was awarded the Crew Space Transportation (CST) contract from NASA… they reached out to Airstream for...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... quickly compared to the previous steady pace of governments and it is fulfilling to help founder-led companies capture meaningful contracts which provide them with bedrock revenue. Today’s entrepreneurs are limited only by the laws of physics rather...
26 January 2016
Scientists reveal a new way to test the origins of the Universe
...continued Chen. "This should allow us to distinguish an inflationary universe from other scenarios, including one that previously contracted." If the oscillations from the heavy particles are strong enough, current experiments should find them in the...
