05 February 2021
Hydrazine might be present on Rhea, new study says
...ringed planet, could be hydrazine; a chemical often used as rocket fuel. The Cassini mission to Saturn was one of NASA’s most ...thus the signal is believed to not arise from spacecraft fuel.” Hydrazine could also be drifting over from Titan, another...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... staying healthy. To support one astronaut for one year in Earth orbit requires around 8000 kg of supplies, excluding fuel. With a current absolute minimum estimated price of US$6600 per kg sent to Mars it is obviously necessary to reduce the weight...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... available material in a totally different way from its intended use - the production of water from hydrazine (rocket fuel) or the redefinition of a communication protocol with an old probe left on Mars from a previous Pathfinder mission, for example...
June 2017
European space business incubators and accelerators
... thrive. There are a rapidly growing number focused exclusively on the space industry. This clustering of young businesses fuels the growing appetite for space technology investment from business angels and venture capital funds. Well...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
.... On 15 September 2017 this grand old spacecraft finally met its fate, using the very last drops of fuel to crash into Saturn and, ultimately, to become a part of the planet itself. Seasonal giant The 13-year lifespan...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... themselves as space resource companies, focusing in the near term on identifying sources of water that could be made into fuel in-space. This pivot could be why they have been more successful in attracting capital. Scott Hall makes...
