June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
...) on 3 December 2016 in the Mojave Desert. The amount of fuel needed for a flight to orbit using a single-stage vehicle with ...upper stage to a speed such that it requires a practicable fuel fraction to continue on to orbit, and the two stages separate...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
... water. This can result in undesirable detours, burning extra fuel and lost time as they transit from the US east coast...add value for many. Food insecurity, commodities tracking, fuel conservation, efficient route and port management, fishing and ...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... the course of a spacecraft without requiring large quantities of fuel. During the Earth swing-by, Hayabusa2 gave its onboard instruments ...greater than traditional chemical thrusters for the same fuel consumption. Their weakness is that this velocity ...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... a 30 m boulder-strewn crater. With only 50-90 seconds of fuel left, Armstrong calmly flew the LM over the targeted area and ... space programme investment, including heat resistant surfaces, fuel cells, vacuum devices, microwave scanners, freeze drying...
