NASA wants new solar cells to sport a "Made on the Moon" label, using only materials harvested from the Moon.
NASA wants new solar cells to sport a “Made on the Moon” label, using only materials harvested from the Moon.
A formidable space tourism industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL Earth’s Future. Courtesy of UCL. Published today in the journal Earth’s Future, researchers from UCL, the University … [continued]
The Blue Marble is credited by many as one key element launching the big environmental movements of the past ~50 years. In this followup to “The Story of the Blue Marble,” Fritz Hasler writes about additional Blue Marble images and developments, as well as an insider’s account of the first Blue Marble photo taken on the way to the Moon.
This picture above of the Earth by NASA Apollo Astronaut Harrison Schmitt en route to the Moon on Apollo 17 remains to this day one of the most famous and most viewed photographs of all time. From deep in space, our Earth appeared to the astronauts as a small blue … [continued]
It’s not like we are doing any mining for exotic materials on the Moon or Mars, so I suspect that this interesting intellectual capital might sit on a shelf for a few decades.
Elon Musk is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2021, and considering all that he has achieved and what he is focusing on, it’s a well deserved award. If you haven’t seen the interview, you can watch it here. The first question Elon answered was something that was incredibly … [continued]
This week PBS premiered a fascinating new documentary on Elon Musk. In its second season, PBS’ most recent episode of In Their Own Words provides unique insights into Musk. The special highlights Musk’s breathtaking journey from bullied boy to brilliant billionaire. How did he amass such a fortune? And how did … [continued]
Elon Musk could be a huge ally to the Biden administration. After all, they have the same overall goals — or at least I thought they did. I thought Biden cared about getting as many EVs on the road by 2030 as possible. However, the commitment doesn’t seem to be … [continued]
Teams at SpaceX’s South Texas Launch Site, dubbed “Starbase,” briefly stacked the reusable mars rocket Starship for the first time on August 6th. The fully assembled rocket consists of the 50 meter tall Starship orbiter sitting atop the 70 meter tall Super Heavy booster. Their combined heights make Starship the … [continued]
Article courtesy of NASA. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet concluded their spacewalk at 2:37 p.m. EDT [on June 25], after 6 hours and 45 minutes. In the ninth spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, the two astronauts installed and deployed a new ISS Roll-Out … [continued]
