...). The crew capsule atop the launcher is large enough for six people to float freely and experience weightless before returning to Earth. About the author Rick N. Tumlinson, a member of ROOM’s Editorial Board, was named one...
... human beings, such as the effects of ageing. A great deal has been learned already by studying the effects of weightlessness on astronauts; but we could do much more by extending work currently undertaken on Earth to a microgravity environment. NASA...
... as scientific and functional equipment. ESA has already developed an aerospace-quality plastic 3D printer for operation in weightlessness that is able to recycle used plastic. And the use of local materials has also been demonstrated: a 1.5 tonne...
...of what’s possible for us according to our anatomical, physiological and psychological capabilities and our technological accomplishments. Weightlessness and cosmic radiation, the duration of interplanetary trips using current (and even future) modes...
..., carrying payloads for commercial or scientific microgravity research, of up to 100 kg. It would offer several minutes of weightlessness for experiments, followed by descent, parachute landing and intact recovery of the payload if required. Skyrora...
... it started. A passenger would be able to see an area the size of England, and would experience about three minutes of weightlessness. Flights in Ascender would become routine after several years and it would have varied applications for space...