June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
..., Wertheimer says, is that ET would deliberately send something. “Maybe they saw oxygen in our atmosphere and they know there’s life on this planet. We’ve had oxygen for a few hundred million years. Maybe if they’re very close they...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... element europium. Iron and europium are highly affected by oxygen on our planet but as there is no atmosphere on...use the local regolith materials to obtain basic resources such as oxygen, water, metals etc, and to provide a habitable environment for...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... orbit Earth). New Shepard is powered by a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine, which is being adapted for use...Shepard in designing a lunar lander concept, which incorporates a liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine to enable a soft landing. It has an ...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... far more cost-effective source of propellant (hydrogen and oxygen) to fuel a large crewed spacecraft to Mars. Former...of the 2020s. Lunar scientists estimate that the amount of oxygen and hydrogen available in the exposed lunar crust could be enough...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... in excess of 3500 Celsius and hundreds of atmospheres) characteristic of high-energy fuels and oxidisers such as hydrogen and oxygen (as used in the Space Shuttle main engine, for example). Another problem is that rocket engines, especially large...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... ‘producers’ and ‘decomposers’. The plants would generate oxygen for consumption by the fruit flies and the yeast would... their use as a potential food source. Plants also produce oxygen and take in carbon dioxide, which makes their contribution to the...
