February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... tunnels, possibly bored from the walls of a crater to allow sufficient radiation shielding. By living in ‘normal’ gravity with sufficient shielding and only being exposed to the external environment for specific work and research, the health and...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... powerful engines that must operate in close proximity without interfering with each other and without heavy shielding. It is worth remembering that the Soviet Union lost the Moon race in part because it could not make...
10 August 2018
Fiery inferno awaits NASA's Parker Solar Probe
... every second from our nearest star? The spacecraft is equipped with a 11.43 centimetre (4.5 inch) thick carbon-composite shield, that should be able to withstand temperatures outside the spacecraft that reach nearly 1,377 celsius (2,500 Fahrenheit...
25 March 2020
China to launch experimental deep-space spacecraft in April
...brings with it, such as higher speeds and improved heat shielding performance. The spacecraft’s development team have been working ...the control of its re-entry into the atmosphere, heat shielding and recovery technology," said Yang Qing, a designer of...
28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
...used their not so fortunate outer layer counterparts as a shield against radiation permeating space – a sort of herd survival...rocky panspermia. Using the dead outer colony members as shields gives raise to the possibility that bacteria could survive ...
20 December 2022
Outpost to develop ISS cargo ferry under NASA contract
....” The Cargo Ferry will be smaller than fixed heat shield systems and be more suitable to CLDs which are expected...direct increase in mass and volume than a fixed heat shield, as the heat shield is collapsed for all mission phases until the very final ...
