06 September 2017
Biomedical engineering can lead to a career with NASA
... with the job of coming up with more advanced life-support machines to help astronauts to breathe for longer in space...recovery, trace contaminant control, and atmosphere revitalization. Exploration life research is another key area, and along with the...
24 April 2018
Impossible Horizon: The Essence of Space Exploration
... exploration’ and to place it in the context of humanity’s life on Earth…and, of course, beyond. In introducing his thesis..., discussion of aspects apparently far-removed from rocketry and life-support systems may seem pointless, at the very least a ...
01 October 2019
Where Once We Stood - Stories of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon
... a filmmaker to bring the somewhat prosaic transcripts to life, while maintaining technical accuracy and adding his own thoughtful...backing out of a narrow doorway, bum first, with his life support systems strapped to his back, is an undignified way to...
23 December 2019
Starliner lands successfully despite problems during inaugural flight
... alignments using its navigation system Tested Starliner’s NASA Docking System Validated all environment control and life support systems Completed a positive command uplink between the International Space Station and Starliner “Today’s successful...
June 2015
The real Interstellar: space travel theories from Tsiolkovsky to wormholes
..., are essential to making a viable interstellar craft. The study of thermonuclear synthesis fits here, as do studies of closed life support systems and the search for and study of exoplanets. Entire fields of knowledge have grown out of the ...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... has all of the heavier components in the bottom section - water tanks, battery packs, propulsion systems and life support. The middle section might be living and work quarters, and the upper level open for exercise...
