14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
... System doomed to be littered by defunct robots no longer able to continue operations as they have run out of fuel, the steam-powered space-hopper could be a boon for future exploration, where the vast majority of its targets are laden...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... even explosive liquids, such as hydrazine, for power. These are then adapted and scaled down for ...steam in the instant before expanding out of the nozzle. Even better, say Howe Industries, the self-sufficient, plug-n-play ThermaSat requires no power...
12 August 2019
Communicating water-powered CubeSats tested in space by NASA
... of the communications equipment stowed onboard this diminutive craft, the engineers have also show-horned in a steam-powered thruster. This method of propulsion requires a heat input of 2.9 W/mN to vapourise the water and support continuous thrust...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
...technological devices will be on hand to help explore our Solar System, such as drones, lasers, wafercrafts, Marscopters, steam-powered hoppers, lightsails, underwater robots, and a spiderbot! 2019 also marked the 50th anniversary of the first humans...
