Photographer: Laurent Emmanuel/ The Silicon Valley Heavyweights Who Want to Settle the Moon By Ashlee Vance September 5, 2019, 0862083D PLANET LABS INC Private Company 711339Z SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGI Private Company 0781113D EARTH Private Company 0094941D SATELLITE Private Company The moon is all the rage these days. China wants to send people there. So too does the…
NASA admits that climate change occurs because of changes in Earth’s solar orbit, and NOT because of SUVs and fossil fuels 08/30/2019 / By Ethan Huff For more than 60 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has known that the changes occurring to planetary weather patterns are completely natural and normal. But the space agency, for whatever reason, has…
Automated space shuttle in the works to ferry people back and forth to the moon 05/7/2018 / By Edsel Cook As early as summer 2018, Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will take its maiden voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). According to an article on Space.com, experts say this unmanned flight in low-Earth orbit is the first step…
THR film critic Stephen Dalton argues that Christopher Nolan’s new space epic isn’t full of wonder — it’s full of itself In recent weeks, the supermassive black hole of promotional hype surrounding Interstellar seems to have swallowed everything in its path, warping the fabric of space-time itself. A visually awesome spectacle with a sumptuously retro…
‘Collapse’ of Modern Civilization a Real Possibility ‘Ecological strain’ and ‘Economic stratification’ could bring global downfall, researchers warn Prophecies of impending doom go back a long way, but this one has the extra cachet of backing by NASA. “Ecological strain” and “economic stratification” could lead to the global fall of modern civilization within decades, researchers…
Space station to get balloon room LAS VEGAS (AP) — NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome “metal cans” that now serve as astronauts’ homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap. A $17.8 million test project will send to the…
First Images Of Mars Released
Twenty-two year ago sensors on the spacecraft Galileo picked up the existence of life on planet Earth. No big surprise. But what was salient about the experiment was that the space probe’s analysis system reached an accurate conclusion. In their search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists are zeroing in on so-called exoplanets. To narrow…
THE LAST TOUCHDOWN PHOTOS: Shuttle Returns To Earth For The Final TimeBelow CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA’s 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and tears. A record crowd of 2,000 gathered…