July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... other countries are eagerly climbing the ranks Artist's impression of China's 'Yutu' rover, part of the Chang'e 3 lunar mission If it is a race, however, it's not a very close one. "China is still far ahead of everybody else", Johnson-Freese adds...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
... is still much research to be performed in order to facilitate safe lunar missions. Apollo mission EVAs ranged from two hours on Apollo 9 to 22 hours on Apollo 17. A future lunar base might require up to 30,000 hours of EVA exploration. Individual...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
... exposes the Moon, will help scientists and engineers prepare for the safe operation of future human lunar missions. As well as providing life-giving light, the Sun also spews out high-speed particles – the solar...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
...humanity take such a step? And does it want to? Neil Armstrong’s footprint in the lunar soil photographed during Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission in July 1969. Equality concerns Transhumanism also raises serious social concerns, specifically...
01 January 2020
Virginia Air & Space Center
... attraction is the Apollo 12 command module from the second manned lunar mission. It sits on the floor of a large, open gallery and...has been in gestation!). The museum also houses the lunar module simulator that was suspended from a huge gantry at...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... carry 5500 kg to LEO, 1730 kg to geostationary orbit (GEO) and 760 kg to the lunar surface, and will be followed later by a proposed HELLO-3M, a crewed lunar mission. Naturally, SES is fully aware of the previously mentioned ‘hypersonics sidetrack...
