Moonandback posts an interview with Gary Hudson, the new President of the Space Studies Institute, "about their plans to build a commercial artificial gravity space station in earth orbit": Interview with Gary Hudson, part 1 - Artificial G Space Station - Moonandback.Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 12 NewSpace Log 11 On Twitter On Facebook NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Scaled Composites The Spaceship Company SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Space Access Society Phoenix , AZ April 12-14, 2012 Spacecraft Technology Expo Los Angeles , CA May 8-9, 2012 ISDC 2012 Washington , . D.C May 24-28, 2012 3rd European Space Tourism Conference Royal Aeronautical Society London , UK June 19, 2012 NewSpace 2012 NASA Ames Mountain View , CA July 26-29, 2012 Tip Jar Regular readers can support HobbySpace with a contribution via credit : card Support HobbySpace with monthly donation More payment options: Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 12 NewSpace Log 11 On Twitter On Facebook NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Scaled Composites The Spaceship Company SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Space Access Society Phoenix , AZ April 12-14, 2012 Spacecraft Technology Expo Los Angeles , CA May 8-9, 2012 ISDC 2012 Washington , . D.C May 24-28, 2012 3rd European Space Tourism Conference Royal Aeronautical Society London , UK June 19, 2012 NewSpace 2012 NASA Ames Mountain View , CA July 26-29, 2012 Tip Jar Regular readers can support HobbySpace with a contribution via credit : card Support HobbySpace with monthly donation More payment optionsAs far as I can tell, things are on track for today's static test firing of the Falcon 9 on launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:00 pm ET. Webcasting is set to start on the SpaceX website at 2:30 pm ET.
For updates see Dragon Mission Report | Mission Status Center - Spaceflight Now.
See also SpaceX (spacex) on Twitter.
: , Monday , April 30, 2012 3rd Annual Next Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers Workshop , July 16 The 3rd annual Next Generation Lunar Scientists Engineers NGLSE Workshop will be held on Monday , July 16, 2012 at the NASA Ames Research Center ARC preceding the NASA Lunar Science Forum This one-day workshop for graduate students and early career professionals offers the opportunity for participants to network with other students early career professionals , and will specifically include a media training workshop . The purpose of this group is to engage and develop the next generation of lunar scientists and engineers , and to enable their successful involvement in current planning for the exploration of the . Moon For more details , visit : http : nextgenlunar.arc.nasa.gov or emailSkip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 12 NewSpace Log 11 On Twitter On Facebook NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Scaled Composites The Spaceship Company SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Space Access Society Phoenix , AZ April 12-14, 2012 Spacecraft Technology Expo Los Angeles , CA May 8-9, 2012 ISDC 2012 Washington , . D.C May 24-28, 2012 3rd European Space Tourism Conference Royal Aeronautical Society London , UK June 19, 2012 NewSpace 2012 NASA Ames Mountain View , CA July 26-29, 2012 Tip Jar Regular readers can support HobbySpace with a contribution via credit : card Support HobbySpace with monthly donation More payment optionsSkip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 12 NewSpace Log 11 On Twitter On Facebook NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Scaled Composites The Spaceship Company SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Space Access Society Phoenix , AZ April 12-14, 2012 Spacecraft Technology Expo Los Angeles , CA May 8-9, 2012 ISDC 2012 Washington , . D.C May 24-28, 2012 3rd European Space Tourism Conference Royal Aeronautical Society London , UK June 19, 2012 NewSpace 2012 NASA Ames Mountain View , CA July 26-29, 2012 Tip Jar Regular readers can support HobbySpace with a contribution via credit : card Support HobbySpace with monthly donation More payment options
Skip to content Parabolic Arc Space Tourism and Much More News Search Archives Parabolic Reading List Polls Archive ORBITEC , SNC Begin Tests of Dream Chaser Life Support , Thermal Systems Dispute Over Funding for Spaceport America Welcome Centers Leads to Board Resignation Posted by Doug Messier on April 30, 2012, at 7:40 am in News Tags : New Mexico Spaceport Authority space tourism space tourists Spaceport America SpaceShipTwo virgin galactic Comments : no responses 0 Comments By Douglas Messier Parabolic Arc Managing Editor A public disagreement over a change of plans in how to construct and operate two Spaceport America welcome and visitor centers has led to the departure of a member of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority’s NMSA Board of . Directors Scott Krahling resigned from the
Astroblog: Carnival of Space #247 is now up at the Next Big Future. There's drinking coffee in zero gravity, double stars, asteroid mining and much, much more. Head on over for a read.
, , Skip to content Parabolic Arc Space Tourism and Much More News Search Archives Parabolic Reading List Polls Archive Dragon to Set Sail for Space Station Dispute Over Funding for Spaceport America Welcome Centers Leads to Board Resignation ORBITEC , SNC Begin Tests of Dream Chaser Life Support , Thermal Systems Posted by Doug Messier on April 30, 2012, at 6:48 am in News Tags : CCDev commercial crew Dream Chaser Hamilton Sandstrand Orbitec Sierra Nevada Corporation Comments : no responses 0 Comments Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser shuttle in orbit . Credit : Sierra Nevada Corporation Madison , WI ORBITEC PR Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC is the prime contractor for Environmental Control and Life Support System ECLSS and Thermal Control System TCS for the Sierra Nevada
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at Next Big Future Click here to read Carnival of Space #246. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. Just email an entry [...]
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 29, 2012 Atom-by-atom engineering and magnetometry of tailored nanomagnets Nature Physics Atom-by-atom engineering and magnetometry of tailored nanomagnets Nanomagnets , namely arrays of a few exchange-coupled atomic magnetic moments , possess a rich variety of magnetic properties and are explored as constituents of nanospintronics technologies . They have been realized as magnetic clusters or molecular nanomagnets . Individual nanomagnets , built from magnetic atoms adsorbed onto a nonmagnetic surface adatoms coupled by Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida exchange , exhibit a high level of versatility resulting from distance-dependent interactions . Here , we combine spin-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy , atom
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 29, 2012 Carnival of Space 247 Planetary Resources and other space blogging 1. Centauri Dreams offers the first of a 3-part post on Proxima Centauri , the nearest known star . Are we likely to find planets there Proxima Centauri shown by the arrow in relation to Centauri A and B . The latter appear as a single bright object at upper left . Credit : European Southern . Observatory 2. Simostronomy T Draconis is a beautiful double star , but it is also a variable . star 3. Astrowow Back to basics the astronomy word of the week is light-year 4. The moon brightness changes dramatically every day , but is far from being linear . The full moon may be 4000 times brighter than the thin crescent moon . The reasons for this change
Hot off the press is the April, 2012 SEC eNewsletter. Stories covered include the Space Elevator Conferences’s move to the Museum of Flight, ISEC’s new schedule of yearly events, announcements regarding the Call for Papers for both the Space Elevator Conference and the second issue of CLIMB, ISEC’s move to its new website address and [...]
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 27, 2012 Testing of the Skylon engine pre-cooler has begun Reaction Engines has begun testing of the Pre-cooler for the Skylon . spaceplane It is now fully integrated into the B9 test stand with the Viper jet engine , has finally begun this month after a number of delays shaking down the system . The initial tests have gone very well and represent a good start to the test campaign which will last several . months The flow thorough the Pre-cooler has been found to be aerodynamically stable without any significant structural deflection or . vibration They have just successfully completed the first phase of the pre-cooler test . program Pre-cooler installed at the B9 Test . Area BBC News The proposed Skylon vehicle would
On Thursday, May 3, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI Astronaut and Member of the NSS Board of Governors, will present a 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media to Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report on the Comedy Central cable network.
Colbert is receiving the award in recognition [...]
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 27, 2012 New graphene-based material could revolutionise electronics industry The most transparent , lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of . Exeter Called GraphExeter , the material could revolutionise the creation of wearable electronic devices , such as clothing containing computers , phones and MP3 . players GraphExeter could also be used for the creation of smart’ mirrors or windows , with computerised interactive features . Since this material is also transparent over a wide light spectrum , it could enhance by more than 30 the efficiency of solar . panels Adapted from graphene , GraphExeter is much more flexible than indium tin oxide ITO
. skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 26, 2012 MIT's Media Lab demonstrates a system that lets driverless vehicles communicate with . pedestrians Technology Review You step off the curb , look to your , left and there is a car coming toward you without a driver—one of the many autonomous vehicles that seem to be appearing in trendy neighborhoods . It slows down and stops at the . intersection Do you dare step out in front of it to cross the street Does it know you are there Or will it suddenly accelerate and break your legs There’s no driver to make eye-contact . with A group led by Kent Larsen at the Media Lab has a solution . The researchers have outfitted a prototype electric vehicle it’s about the size of a desk with lights that look like eyes and the
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 26, 2012 Honda will begin Public-road Testing a system to Prevent Traffic Jams Honda Motor Co . Ltd . today announced the successful development of the world's first 1 technology to detect the potential for traffic congestion and determine whether the driving pattern of the vehicle is likely to create traffic jams . Honda developed this technology while recognizing that the acceleration and deceleration behavior of one vehicle influences the traffic pattern of trailing vehicles and can trigger the traffic . congestion In conjunction with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo , Honda conducted experimental testing of a system utilizing the technology to detect the potential for
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 26, 2012 Ultra High Definition Televisions with glasses free 3D Toshiba released the REGZA 55X3 LCD panel with 3,840 2,160 resolution and naked eye 3D viewing resolution High . Definition Now already available in Japan and Germany , TV is all set to hit US and will retail for just over 10,000. Toshiba demonstrated the latest version of the 55inch 4Kresolution auto stereoscopic the glasses free 3DTV in CES 2012. It has QuadHD playback at 2D that equates to whopping 3,840by2,160 pixels and standard-ish 720p resolution while viewing the 3D without . specs Wikipedia on 4K resolution . TVs YouTube is the only video hosting service that allows 4K videos to be uploaded as it allows a resolution of up to 4096 x 3072 12.6skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 26, 2012 Planetary Resources could take megapixel images of exoplanet and makes billions by 2020 before mining anything Planetary Resources will be putting up hundreds of inexpensive space telescopes with 9 inch mirrors , 2 meter resolution and sub-arcsecond pointing . The passive constellation method for boosting image resolution could achieve centimeter resolution . When Planetary Resources adds some fine station keeping capabilites , they will be able to create massive space telescope interferometers . They will add some starshade satellites and be able to image exoplanets . 1 kilometer resolution would be a hypertelescope array about 10,000 miles across . That would mean a 100 million pixel image of an exoplanetskip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Timeslide View Flipcard April 26, 2012 Planetary Resources Arkyd 200 will be nodes of a Hypertelescope able to resolve down to one kilometer on exoplanets out to about 10 to 20 lightyears Hypertelescopes are arrays of telescopes that are used together to increase their resolution and approximate a lens the size of their baseline the distance between the farthest telescopes Planetary resources with mass produced space telescopes is making the telescope nodes for a hypertelescope . array Assuming they get to Arkyd 200 telescopes with propulsion by about 2020 they will be able to use the hundreds of space telescopes at L2 to create a massive hypertelescope array to image exoplanets . Resolution could get to the kilometer level . They will be able to
The National Space Society (NSS) is pleased to announce that Eric Anderson, the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of newly-announced Planetary Resources, will be the keynote speaker for the opening luncheon at this year’s International Space Development Conference (ISDC), being held at the Grand Hyatt Washington (DC) hotel May 25-28, 2012.
Anderson is expected to address conference attendees [...]
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The Tucson L5 Space Society provided an exhibit titled “Asteroids: Threat or Resource?” at the annual Earth Day celebration at the Northwest Campus of Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson, Arizona. Earth Day is April 22 but this event was held during the school week on April 18, with 68 exhibitors and several [...]
: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Desktop Project Part 26 : Carina will keelhaul your brain Venus , from one side of the Sun to another Q BA : Which moon has the best chance for life Every weekend when I can I do an interactive live video chat on Google+ where people can ask me questions about space and astronomy . I call it Q BA and it’s always fun to hear what questions are on people’s . minds Apropos of my recent post about Saturn’s moon Enceladus I got this question : Which moon has the best chance for life : Titan , Europa , or Enceladus This is a common question , and worth exploring Here’s what I said
. . Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Buy cool stuff , support Astronomers Without Borders Desktop Project Part 25 : Chaos in a galactic nursery Space firm about to make a big announcement . I take a stab at what it . is I’m overwhelmed with work right now prepping for a half dozen different things , but I had to make some comment on a press release I just got in the . mail Here’s the important bit emphasis mine Join visionary Peter H . Diamandis , M.D . leading commercial space entrepreneur Eric Anderson former NASA Mars mission manager Chris Lewicki and planetary scientist veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones ,
An electronic, pdf version of CLIMB, the Space Elevator Journal, is now available. For those of you who didn’t want to pay for the print version, you can purchase an electronic version for only $1.99.
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Volume 2 of CLIMB is well underway and we’re on track [...]
I’ve been taking pictures with my cellphone camera, but a weird error on WordPress had been preventing me from uploading the pictures until now. So, these pictures range from the start of last year till now, but I figured I’d put a few up. I’m not a good photographer, and my cellphone camera isn’t particularly [...]
On the way home from the Space Access 2012 conference yesterday, we drove by Meteor Crater, Arizona. I’m not much of a photographer, but I take pictures anyway. Here’s a few of my favorites: While I was standing there looking at this pretty darned impressive hole in the ground, I started thinking about Larry Niven’s [...]