• Hibernating Spirit May Not Call Home From Mars

    Updated: 2010-07-31 17:10:46
    NASA mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet -- trying to survive the harsh Martian winter. read more

  • Robonaut To Tweet From The Space Station

    Updated: 2010-07-31 17:01:45
    On Orbit: NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction. read more

  • Robonaut To Tweet From The Space Station

    Updated: 2010-07-31 17:01:45
    NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction. read more

  • Briefs: Martin Rees & HSF; Prime site for Martian fossils

    Updated: 2010-07-31 15:46:55
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd

  • Briefs: Sirangelo discusses Orion; Sally Ride interview

    Updated: 2010-07-31 15:03:08
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd

  • A living world, from 370,000 km away

    Updated: 2010-07-31 14:30:41
    In all the solar system, in all the galaxy, in all the Universe, there is but one world we know for sure harbors life. Home. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took this picture in June 2010. From 373,000 km (231,000 miles) away, however, the evidence of life is scant. The image is gray scale, with no blue-green [...]

  • NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station, Available For Interviews

    Updated: 2010-07-31 09:58:59
    Commercial Space Watch:

  • Briefs: Sats from cellphones & toys; Space News early bird

    Updated: 2010-07-31 06:33:41
    More about the use of cellphones (see earlier item) and other low cost tech for rocket and spacecraft components: Cheaper, Better Satellites Made From Cellphones and Toys - Wired Science/Wired.com === The Space News Friday evening bulletin, previously available only by email, now has a dedicated web page: SpaceNews Early Bird Newsletter.

  • Briefs: House vote delay & opposition potential; Flagship Tech Demo plans

    Updated: 2010-07-31 06:25:53
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd

  • Video: Xombie Goes For Another Smooth Ride

    Updated: 2010-07-31 03:28:02
    : Saturday , July 31, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Video : Xombie Goes For Another Smooth Ride Submitted by keithcowing on Fri , 07 30 2010 19:28. Gadgets Blog Space Exploration 28 July 2010 was nice day for flying rockets . This video is what you might see if you were strapped to one of the landing gear legs of our rocket Xombie . No , you cannot book rides . This is mostly a training flight for new employees starting at Masten Space . We also just plain like flying rockets , so we make excuses such as needing regular flights to stay proficient The management buys it , so we get out of the office . We are working hard on some really cool stuff that we won't talk about yet . Do I make you shiver with antici ,

  • Video: NASA's ATHLETE Droid Busts Some Moves

    Updated: 2010-07-31 01:55:53
    It takes a lot of hard work, ingenuity and creativity to build a rover like ATHLETE. And it takes a lot of creativity of a different sort to make ATHLETE "dance." See the results of that effort in a fast-action video of ATHLETE bustin' a move. read more

  • Video: Music That Nuclear Bombs Make

    Updated: 2010-07-31 01:53:40
    : Saturday , July 31, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Video : Music That Nuclear Bombs Make Submitted by keithcowing on Fri , 07 30 2010 17:53. Gadgets Blog How many nuclear explosions have occured on Earth You may be surprised . Watch this video by artist Isao Hashimoto and listen to the music . Patterns will soon emerge . Swarms of explosions with several countries setting off bombs in quick sucession will be followed by periods of calm . At times it is almost melodic . Eerily so . You soon find yourself wondering what was going on in the world to cause the periods of silence and of . music 2010 SpaceRef Interactive . Inc Terms of Service User Login Username : Password : Request new password Search On Orbit Sponsors

  • Briefs: Commercial spaceflight assessment; NASA's quiet chief

    Updated: 2010-07-31 01:38:49
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd

  • Conversations with Yuri Artsutanov - part I

    Updated: 2010-07-31 00:03:18
    For those of you who don’t know who Yuri Artsutanov is, he is a Russian engineer and the original co-inventor of the modern idea of a Space Elevator.  It was Yuri who first postulated the Space Elevator being a tensile structure rather than a compressive one (like a conventional building or tower). Yuri will be appearing [...]

  • SpaceX Merlin 2 engine, heavy lift designs

    Updated: 2010-07-30 22:54:26
    Ken Davidian has posted some interesting items on the Commercial Space Wiki: /-- Tom Markusic - SpaceX Overview - Joint Propulsion Conf. - July.28.10 (pptx) History of SpaceX plus some info on plans for heavy lift Falcon X HLV and super heavy Falcon XX /-- Tom Markusic - SpaceX Propulsion - Joint Propulsion Conf. - July.28.10 (pptx) - some details on Merlin 2 engine.

  • Briefs: Launch escape designs; Venus visitors; "Shields up!"

    Updated: 2010-07-30 22:01:15
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd

  • Government competitions legislation

    Updated: 2010-07-30 21:49:53
    Space Prizes blog reports on legislation that could make it easier for government departments and agencies to sponsor technical prize competitions: America COMPETES Includes Competitions.

  • Briefs: NASA authorization bill update; Sounding rocket ops contract

    Updated: 2010-07-30 21:45:29
    Some updates on the House NASA Authorization bill: /-- NASA authorization bill postponed, and other reaction - Space Politics /-- Update on the NASA Authorization Bill - The Planetary Society === Doug Messier reports on the sounding rocket operations contract for Orbital Sciences: NASA Drops $310 Million on Suborbital Sounding Rocket Program - Parabolic Arc

  • Carnival of Nuclear Energy 12

    Updated: 2010-07-30 21:02:35
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 30, 2010 Carnival of Nuclear Energy 12 Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 12 is up at Idaho Samizdat This site provided two articles : Stealth nuclear fusion company Tri-alpha Energy has raised another 50 . million My predictions for Kazakhstan uranium production for 2010 to 2015. And the new 2010, 2011 Kazakhstan uranium production bets with . Dittmar Rod Adams at Atomic Insights corrects the New York Times reporting that solar power is now as cheap as nuclear . power In addition to failing to mention the terms and conditions under which electricity is being offered , Blackburn and Cunningham bury a few minor details about solar electricity real costs in an appendix . As they admit in a

  • Rocket Mavericks update

    Updated: 2010-07-30 20:24:19
    Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Rocket Racing Scaled Composites SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Mars Society . Conf Dayton , OH Aug . 5-8, 2010 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight ISPCS 2010 Las Cruces , NM Oct . 19-21, 2010 Puerto Rico Space Congress San Juan , Puerto Rico Oct . 24-27, 2010 Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange CRASTE Mountainview , CA Oct . 26-29, 2010 Space Manufacturing Critical Technologies for Space Settlement NASA Ames Mountain View , CA Oct.30-31, 2010 2nd Int

  • NASA Braces Rover Fans for the Worst About Spirit

    Updated: 2010-07-30 20:19:12
    JPL issued a press release today with an update that mission controllers have still not heard from the hibernating Spirit rover. Even though the rover is experiencing one of Mars' harshest winters since the rovers arrived, the rover team has begun an active "paging" technique called 'sweep and beep' in an effort to communicate with [...]

  • Silver Lining

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:05:57
    guest blogger john hare One good thing about the current congress/senate/president funding mess is that we won’t have to listen to as many cranks start their rocket development plan with, “First we convince the president.”

  • Answer Now Posted for This Week's WITU Challenge

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:03:10
    Still wondering what this image is? Find out the answer to this week's Where In The Universe challenge back on the original post. And check back next week for another test of your visual knowledge of the cosmos! © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: [...]

  • Covering Roads Cost Perspective

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:02:36
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 30, 2010 Covering Roads Cost Perspective Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software There is a criticism of the idea to cover roads as being too costly at 3 million per . acre I had indicated further into the article ways to reduce the cost of covering the roads by using street lamps and telephone polls and existing two story and taller buildings to support the EFTE covering awning . This would reduce the amount of labor for the raised supports so that just the roof portion would need to be built and afixed to the existing supports . I also suggested that higher volume production could reduce costs and that alternative lower costs materials may be investigated . I was also indicating that the detailed map of traffic accidents be

  • Water Cycle on the Moon Remains a Mystery

    Updated: 2010-07-30 15:34:58
    "Water cycle on the Moon" is a phrase that many people – including lunar scientists – were never expecting to hear. This surprising new finding of ubiquitous water on the surface of the Moon, revealed and confirmed by three different spacecraft last year, has been one of the main topics of recent discussion and study [...]

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2010-07-30 07:06:00

  • The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Tech (7/30)

    Updated: 2010-07-30 07:04:00
    Brown Dwarf Found Orbiting a Young Sun-Like Star Astronomers have imaged a very young brown dwarf, or failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sun-like star. The discovery is expected to shed light on the early stages...

  • NASA Decision Afoot in Congress?

    Updated: 2010-07-30 01:25:43
    The US House of Representatives are preparing to vote on H.R. 5781, their version of NASA's $19 billion budget authorization for fiscal year 2011, and several groups are calling for a "no" vote, or at the very least, a delay in the vote, currently scheduled for Friday, July 30. The House version would cut much [...]

  • Ring Around Rhea? Probably Not

    Updated: 2010-07-29 22:50:09
    Back in 2005, a suite of six instruments on the Cassini spacecraft detected what was thought to be an extensive debris disk around Saturn's moon Rhea, and while there was no visible evidence, researchers thought that perhaps there was a diffuse ring around the moon. This would have been the first ring ever found around [...]

  • Projecting Space Battle Physics

    Updated: 2010-07-29 22:40:25
    When I wrote my original article on the physics of space battles, and the accompanying short story, I made the creative decision to speculate on how space battle technologies and tactics would play out if we built from the present day – or, at least, the very near future. The obvious thing to look at next [...]

  • Call your Representative Today in the US Congress to Vote No on NASA’s Authorization bill H.R. 5781

    Updated: 2010-07-29 22:05:01
    . skip to main skip to sidebar July 29, 2010 Call your Representative Today in the US Congress to Vote No on NASA’s Authorization bill H.R . 5781 Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Bill HR 5781 Would authorize 5 times more money to buy trips on Russian Soyuz than for developing commercial alternatives like Spacex If you are a US citizen then look up your representative at this . link If you liked this article , please give it a quick review on Reddit or StumbleUpon Thanks Supporting Advertising Business Success How to Make Money Executive Jobs Paid Surveys Thank You Posted by bw at 7 29 2010 Labels : future nasa space spacex united states Call your Representative Today in the US Congress to Vote No on NASA’s Authorization bill H.R . 5781 Ad Support Nano

  • Antarctic Observatory Finds Weird Pattern of Cosmic Rays

    Updated: 2010-07-29 22:00:25
    From a University of Wisconsin press release: Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results — including an early finding about a phenomenon the telescope was not even designed to study. IceCube captures signals of notoriously elusive but scientifically fascinating subatomic particles called neutrinos. The telescope [...]

  • US Nuclear Reactors 395.15 Terawatt hours for first half of 2010 and China Starts Building Two More Reactors

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:23:13
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 29, 2010 US Nuclear Reactors 395.15 Terawatt hours for first half of 2010 and China Starts Building Two More Reactors Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software 1. For June 2010, nuclear generation was 68.3 billion kilowatt-hours compared to 69.4 billion kWh in June 2009. The average capacity factor for June 2010 was 94.2 compared to 95.7 in June 2009. Following last month’s trends , year-to-date 2010 nuclear generation is 0.8 behind the same period in 2009 but is slightly higher than the same period for the record year in 2007. The first half of the year has seen 395.15 TWH of generation for nuclaer power in the USA . 2. A ceremony was held on 28 July to mark the breaking of ground for the two 1000 MWe CPR-1000 pressurized water

  • Safety of Nanomaterials That Will Soon Have a Big Impact on the Construction Industry

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:10:53
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 29, 2010 Safety of Nanomaterials That Will Soon Have a Big Impact on the Construction Industry Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Science Daily covers the ACS Nano paper by Alvarez and co-authors Jaesang Lee , a postdoctoral researcher at Rice , and Shaily Mahendra , now an assistant professor at the University of California , Los . Angeles They note that nanomaterials will likely have a greater impact on the construction industry than any other sector of the economy , after biomedical and electronics applications . They cite dozens of potential applications . For example , nanomaterials can strengthen both steel and concrete , keep dirt from sticking to windows , kill bacteria on hospital walls , make materials

  • Opportunity in Good Health and Continues to Drive, Despite Lack of Downlink

    Updated: 2010-07-29 17:16:44
    Opportunity Status for sol 2301-2307 : Due to Odyssey's safing event none of the planned Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) downlink passes for this period occurred. All available X-band passes (which are normally uplink only) were changed to two-way, but supportable downlink data rates for these passes are low, and only basic engineering telemetry was received. However, this was enough data to determine that the rover continued to be in good health. read more

  • GRAIL Spacecraft Takes Shape

    Updated: 2010-07-29 17:12:28
    Engineers have conducted a fuel tank check of one of NASA's GRAIL mission spacecraft (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), scheduled for launch in 2011. Confirming the size and fit of manufactured components is one of the steps required prior to welding the spacecraft's fuel tanks into the propulsion system's feed lines. read more

  • Brown Dwarf Found Orbiting a Young Sun-Like Star

    Updated: 2010-07-29 17:06:58
    Saturday , July 31, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Brown Dwarf Found Orbiting a Young Sun-Like Star Submitted by keithcowing on Thu , 07 29 2010 09:06. Astronomy Image : The sun-like star , PZ Tel A and its brown dwarf companion , PZ Tel B . The vast majority of light from PZ Tel A has been removed from this image using specialized image analysis techniques . For size comparison , the size of Neptune's orbit is shown PZ Tel B is one of few brown dwarfs imaged at a distance closer than 30 Astronomical Units from its parent star . It travels around its star at a closer distance than Uranus revolves around our Sun . Image provided by Beth Biller and the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign Astronomers have imaged a very

  • Astronomy Video News

    Updated: 2010-07-29 15:34:14
    RSS Feed Twitter Blog Vote for Night Sky Observer : at Discount Telescopes Telescope Accessories Best Telescopes SiteBuilder Elite My Internet Marketing Blog Home Site Search The Sky This Month The Moon This Month Astronomy Space News Astronomy Weather Astronomy Software Astronomy Articles The Mars Page Astronomy Product Reviews Equipment for the Amateur Astronomer Choosing a Telescope What To Know When Buying Binoculars Coronado SolarMax 90 Review Building Your Own Observatory Outback Observing Photon Astronomy Ezine International Year of Astronomy Worldwide Telescope Review Recommended Astronomy Space DVDs Telescope , Equipment Memorabilia Auctions Astronomy Resources Privacy Policy Terms of Service Contact Us Sitemap New View Of Venus Preventing Sick Spaceships Rock Fracture Plumbing On

  • Martian Dust Devil Whirls Into Opportunity's View

    Updated: 2010-07-29 15:19:12
    In its six-and-a-half years on Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had never seen a dust devil before this month, despite some systematic searches in past years and the fact that its twin rover, Spirit, has seen dozens of dust devils at its location halfway around the planet.

  • Opportunity Rover Captures Her First Dust Devil on Mars

    Updated: 2010-07-29 15:05:14
    The Opportunity rover has captured an image of a dust devil, and surprisingly, this is the first one ever that Oppy has spied. Spirit has seen dozens of dust devils over on the other side of the planet in Gusev Crater, and even the Phoenix lander's camera captured several of these whirling dust dervishes during [...]

  • Stephen Hawking on the Possibility of Quantum ET's (A Galaxy 'Most Popular)

    Updated: 2010-07-29 08:40:00
    On a recent Discovery program on the Universe, Stephen Hawking voiced concern about the dangers, he believes, are posed by aliens who may arrive some day on Earth: "To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly...

  • Will We Find Life on Jupiter's Io? (A 'Galaxy' Most Popular)

    Updated: 2010-07-29 08:32:00
    Io, the innermost of Jupiter's large satellites and the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with plumes of matter rising up to 186 miles (300 km) above the surface is considered a prime candidate as a hotspot for...

  • Distant Galaxy Observed With a Black Hole 100 Million X the Mass of Our Sun

    Updated: 2010-07-29 08:15:00
    NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged this coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its center. The 'eye' at the center of the galaxy is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars. In this color-coded infrared...

  • Carbon Nanotube Polymers Used to Enhance Protection Against Bullets by 20-50%

    Updated: 2010-07-29 08:11:52
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 29, 2010 Carbon Nanotube Polymers Used to Enhance Protection Against Bullets by 20-50 Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Currently 1.5-5 carbon nanotubes can be used improve protection against bullets by 20-50 This is described in this patent for Lockheed Martin There is also work to use carbon nanotubes to enhance the protection of . E-glass Applied Nanotech Holdings will be presenting its work with carbon nanotubes and E-glass at the Army Science . Conference Here is 38 pages of previous work on hybrid e-glass and carbon nanotubes for ballistic protection They are trying to improve protection and lower the weight needed for the same level of protection . If you liked this article , please give it a quick review on Reddit

  • Image of the Day: Massive Storms & 1000 MPH Winds of Saturn (VIDEO)

    Updated: 2010-07-29 07:17:00
    Saturn's winds are among the most powerful in the solar system, where superstorms can produce thousand mph winds (approximately three times greater than the equatorial winds on Jupiter). Saturn storms originate in both the northern and southern hemispheres but take...

  • Huge Spacequakes Impact Earth's Magnetic Field

    Updated: 2010-07-29 07:14:00
    A new study has found that spacequakes, like an earthquake in space, are temblors in Earth's magnetic field caused by plasma flying off the sun that could help generate the colorful auroras that dance high in Earth's atmosphere. While felt...

  • The Daily "140" Insight: The Universe

    Updated: 2010-07-29 07:06:00
    "The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest." Kurt Vonnegut

  • WOOT! SU, DIGG, & REDDIT Fans: Win a Free Kindle

    Updated: 2010-07-29 07:04:00
    Your help needed to share Daily Galaxy posts you love on Digg, Reddit, and SU. Win a Free Kindle for driving most traffic to the site in August. Send us copies your Digg and/or Reddit or SU stats and shipping...

  • LiftPort and the Lunar Space Elevator

    Updated: 2010-07-29 05:43:27
    With all of the work I’ve been doing as President of ISEC, I’ve neglected my Space Elevator Blog a bit - I’m now making a concerted effort to catch up… Michael Laine of LiftPort fame has a new project; trying to convince people that building a Lunar Space Elevator is a good idea and doable with [...]

  • NexusOne Smartphone/Arduino SmallSat Launch Video

    Updated: 2010-07-29 02:51:50
    Saturday , July 31, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts NexusOne Smartphone Arduino SmallSat Launch Video Submitted by keithcowing on Wed , 07 28 2010 18:51. Gadgets Blog Space Exploration Video from a Google NexusOne smartphone with specially programmed Android apps , installed aboard James Dougherty's Intimidator-5 on a CTI N4100 load . Launch from Black Rock Playa on 24-July-2010 thanks to Maverick Civilian Space . Foundation 2010 SpaceRef Interactive . Inc Terms of Service User Login Username : Password : Request new password Search On Orbit Sponsors Comm Center Blogs Everest OnOrbit Gadgets Blog Outer Limits Blog Features AMASE Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Astrobiology Dale Andersen's Field Reports

  • Michael Anissimov on FastForward Radio to Talk Singularity Summit 2010

    Updated: 2010-07-29 02:16:20
    I’m going on FastForward radio in about an hour, at 7PM PST, to talk about the Summit and why it will be great. If you listen live you can contribute to the show by joining the text chat. Chat host Sally Morem will be on hand to lead the discussion. Get all the details on [...]

  • Open Science Summit is Tomorrow at Berkeley!

    Updated: 2010-07-29 01:49:03
    You can still register for just $100! See you there!!!

  • China Energy Mix Now, 2015 and 2020

    Updated: 2010-07-28 23:12:31
    , skip to main skip to sidebar July 28, 2010 China Energy Mix Now , 2015 and 2020 Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Here is a 15 page clean energy report on . China From these and other sources that quote China's National Energy Plans here are projections for 2015 and 2020. 2009 2015 2020 Coal billion tons 1.8 2.7 3.4 Oil megatons 405 500 563 Gas billion cu m 89 260 300 Power capacity(GW 874 1350 1600 Electrical output 3715 TWH 5400 TWH 6500 TWH Coal,Oil , Gas 652 GW 900 GW 1000 GW 3000 TWH 4100 TWH 4600 TWH Hydro 196 GW 250 GW 320 GW 615.6 TWH 780 TWH 1000 TWH Wind 16 GW 90 GW 150 GW 26 TWH 140 TWH 250 TWH Nuclear power 9 GW 39 GW 86 GW 65.7 TWH 280 TWH 580 TWH If you liked this article , please give it a quick review on Reddit or StumbleUpon Thanks

  • Are Earth's Search Technologies Too Primitive to Detect Advanced ET Life?

    Updated: 2010-07-28 08:30:00
    Some of the world's leading astronomers -including Great Britain's astronomer royal, Sir Martin Rees- believe aliens, rather than using different radio waves or visible light to signal, may be using an entirely different communication medium such as ghostly neutrinos or...

  • Terrafugia Reveals Next Generation Flying Car

    Updated: 2010-07-28 08:26:44
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 28, 2010 Terrafugia Reveals Next Generation Flying Car Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Terrafugia has released specifications and computer graphics of its next generation flying-car . design automotive crash safety features a touch-screen interface improved wing design folding mechanism can be activated from inside the vehicle Performance Max , Vh : 100 kts 115 mph , 185 km h Cruise , Vc : 93 kts 105 mph , 172 km h Stall , Vs : 45 kts 51 mph , 83 km h Range : 425 nmi 490 mi , 787 km Takeoff : 1700' 518 m over 50' obstacle Gross Takeoff Weight : 1430 lbs 650 kg Empty Weight : 970 lbs 440 kg Useful Load : 460 lbs 210 kg Fuel burn at cruise : 5 gph 18.9 L h Useable Fuel : 23 gal 87L Milage on road : 35 mpg 14.9 km L Light

  • Molecular Cellular Automata Achieves 700 bits of Parallel Processing

    Updated: 2010-07-28 07:50:05
    skip to main skip to sidebar July 27, 2010 Molecular Cellular Automata Achieves 700 bits of Parallel Processing Ad Support Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software We covered work with a superthin computer just two molecules thick can solve complex problems and , somewhat like the human brain , can evolve to improve and perform many operations . simultaneously This is significant progress on molecular computing with molecular switches that is highly parallel and using cellular automata . Foresight has coverage of this work we have realized 700 bits parallel processing using cellular automaton for the first time in the world . This is a significant advancement from our 16 bit parallel processing which was achieved in 2008. This invention may be in coherence with the

  • BP Well Plug Could Create a Devastating Underground Blowout

    Updated: 2010-07-28 07:10:00
    BP plans to plug the well permanently next week with the "static kill" procedure--sending heavy mud down into the capped well--followed by a "permanent kill," which will hopefully seal the Macondo well permanently with mud, cement, and other substances deposited...

  • We’ve reached CNET…

    Updated: 2010-07-28 03:43:01
    The news that both Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson will be attending the upcoming Space Elevator Conference has reached the lofty realm of CNET. From Chris Matyszczyk’s CNET Technically Incorrect blog: “Artsutanov was apparently the first, in the early 1960s, to posit the idea of attaching cables to a satellite and creating a two-way elevator between us [...]

  • Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson to appear at the 2010 Space Elevator Conference

    Updated: 2010-07-26 08:58:58
    I am very excited to announce that both Yuri Artsutanov and Jerome Pearson will appear at this year’s Space Elevator Conference, to be held in Redmond, Washington (August 12-15). As many of you know, Yuri and Jerome are co-inventors of the modern-day concept of the Space Elevator and they did the groundwork for all of the [...]

  • Call for Comments - Official ISEC Paper on Space Elevator Survivability - Space Debris Mitigation

    Updated: 2010-07-25 03:14:15
    One of the many ISEC projects we’ve been working on this year is coming up with an “official position paper” on the subject of this year’s theme; Space Elevator Survivability - Space Debris Mitigation. A team headed up by Dr. Peter Swan has been working on this document and it is now ready for review - [...]

  • Privately Funded Observatories an Analog for Space Exploration?

    Updated: 2010-07-24 18:55:52
    I saw on twitter that Alex MacDonald’s paper on comparing the private funding of astronomical observatories and space exploration is finally up.  It’s a fascinating read.  I met Alex at New Space conference last year, and he showed me some of his research.  His hypothesis is that astronomical observatories were the “space exploration” of the [...]

  • Watch this space…

    Updated: 2010-07-23 03:22:05
    Coming very soon - a special announcement about the upcoming Space Elevator Conference. If you haven’t yet registered or made your travel plans, you might want to do so right quickly…

  • Power-Beaming competition postponed…

    Updated: 2010-07-21 19:16:25
    I received word yesterday from Ben Shelef, CEO of the Spaceward Foundation (the group that organizers the Space Elevator Games) that this year’s Power-Beaming competition has been postponed until March/April of next year. The Strong-Tether portion of the Space Elevator Games is still scheduled to be held at the upcoming Space Elevator Conference. As more news becomes [...]

  • SpaceX Applauds Breakthrough Compromise in U.S. Senate on NASA Budget

    Updated: 2010-07-20 23:49:48
    Press Release from SpaceX: Legislation Supports Domestic Commercial Crew Initiatives to Reduce Reliance on Russian Soyuz and Bring Critical High-Tech Jobs Back to the U.S. Hawthorne, CA, July 20, 2010 — SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) applauds the efforts of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for their unanimous, bipartisan approval of the NASA Authorization Act of [...]

  • Rocks and Stars with Amy: Milestones

    Updated: 2010-07-20 19:33:38
    It's hard to believe that we've just crossed the six-month mark on WISE -- seems like just yesterday when we were all up at Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Santa Barbara, shivering in the cold at night while watching the countdown clock.

  • Somewhere We've Been

    Updated: 2010-07-20 18:31:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY HISTORY SPACE AND OTHER SPECULATIONS Rocketpunk Manifesto Days of Future Past Tuesday , July 20, 2010 Somewhere We've Been Forty-one years ago we landed on the Moon . I don't have a lot to add to the observations I made on that subject two years ago . The plan to return by 2020 looked exiguous then , and has subsequently been canceled . On the other hand we have discovered evidence of water increasing the chances that we will go back , in due course , when the time is . ripe For now , consider this an open discussion . thread Posted by Rick at 7 20 2010 10:31:00 AM 6 comments : Citizen Joe said . My birthday is coming up . July 22, 1969. Born into the Space Age . I think they were on the way back at that time . July 20, 2010 11:18 AM

  • New LaserMotive video…

    Updated: 2010-07-20 02:42:19
    A new video about Team (Corporation) LaserMotive has recently been created and posted on the LaserMotive website and YouTube. Though it’s not directly relevant to a Space Elevator, they do talk about power-beaming - a technology that an SE will certainly need.  Plus, these guys are the Space Elevator Games champs (for now!) and it’s good [...]

  • NASA Senate Authorization Bill

    Updated: 2010-07-19 15:43:34
    The National Space Society Commends the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Unanimous Approval of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. The National Space Society (NSS) commends the members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for their unanimous agreement on the provisions of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. The authorization bill, which [...]

  • The Antibodies Won

    Updated: 2010-07-15 16:08:57
    They misnamed the bill though. Should’ve been called “Found a Pork Program (un)Worthy of its Host Nation”. I find it amusing that so many of the opponents of Obama’s proposed space plan are so happy with this, when it doesn’t actually resolve most of the things they said were wrong with his policy. To [...]

  • Moon Day in Dallas July 18

    Updated: 2010-07-15 05:42:12
    The National Space Society of North Texas, in conjunction with the Frontiers of Flight Museum, is hosting Moon Day 2010 on Sunday July 18 from 1 pm to 5 pm. In addition to displays and demonstrations by numerous space-related organizations, “Moon Day” features “lunar sample bags” of giveaway items for the first 150 visitors, door [...]

  • NASA Senate Authorization Bill

    Updated: 2010-07-14 19:35:18
    Below are summaries and links to the actual text of the draft NASA 2010 authorization bill as of July 13, along with relevant proposed amendments, to be marked up in committee/subcommittee July 15 (Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Science and Space, chaired by Senator Bill Nelson). NASA Authorization Bill: - It’s a 3-year bill, authorizing FY2011-2013 - Over [...]

  • The Demise of Rocketplane

    Updated: 2010-07-12 15:46:24
    Rocketplane, one of the NewSpace companies that tried to offer suborbital space tourism, quietly filed for liquidation in June, unnoticed until it was reported in an informative article in the Oklahoma Gazette on July 7. An excellent article in today’s Space Review analyses the decline of Rocketplane and its implications for other NewSpace companies.

  • Beyond LEO

    Updated: 2010-07-10 20:55:28
    guest blogger john hare There is a fairly constant murmur that commercial space will not go beyond LEO and more mumbling that there must be a specific destination with a specific timeline. The second mumbling assumes that there is some top down command structure that will make one thing happen regardless of obstacles or opportunities along the way. Goals for [...]

  • WOOT! Galaxy Fans: Join the IDG Tech Panel for Free Gadgets & Rewards

    Updated: 2010-07-07 22:36:53
    Major companies around the world value the opinion of thought leaders like you! Join the IDGTechPanel to be invited to a variety of interesting and rewarding survey opportunities. In exchange for your valuable time and insight, you will have exclusive...

  • Light Blogging Likely to Continue

    Updated: 2010-07-06 16:23:22
    I really apologize for the light blogging lately. I’ve been under a lot of stress, and unfortunately I’m expecting the light blogging to continue for at least the rest of the month, and probably longer. I’m heading up to Oregon today for a family reunion on Tiff’s side of the family. Her [...]

Current Feed Items | Previous Months Items

Jun 2010 | May 2010 | Apr 2010 | Mar 2010 | Feb 2010 | Jan 2010