... what he told our small dinner gathering at Stennis Rocket Center: despite what was portrayed in the Hollywood film Apollo 13. “There was no hugging going on upon the capsule’s re-entry”, he said. So, while Hollywood can inspire us, we must...
.... These are based on a combination of solar sail technology utilising space-proven polyimides and directly coated thin-film photovoltaic arrays integrated with the surface of a solar sail. The use of a flexible sail rather than rigid...
... time. At the least, I hope it will stimulate curiosity about the possibilities of movement on Earth and in space. I considered filming on a parabolic flight, but parabolic flights aren’t perfect and often have drift. The truth is that the...
...flights was based on compensating for the astronaut’s sensory deprivation and monotony, mainly using visual stimuli (films, books, news video programmes, photos, paintings, etc.). However, the experience of psychological support for long spaceflights...
... of JWST is passively cooled using a massive five-layer tennis-court-sized sunshield made of modified Kapton, the film that gave the lunar module its iconic golden colour. Added to the Kapton is highly reflective aluminium...
... surprising, even stunning. I never expected that the magical ingredients included failed graduate students, famous film directors, overlooked visionaries, stubborn optimists, untrustworthy politicians and successful businesspeople. All of them knew...