In this article on MSNBC.com: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3217961/ "At the start of the trip, the Earth station would focus its particle beam on the...

I've been watching NASA TV for a few weeks now, more or less keeping up with the antics of the current station crew. There are four things that have jumped...

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Some posts which were stuck in various parts of the approval and posting process for sci.space.tech and .science have now been manually freed up and will be...

Nanotech accelerometers are showing up which offer relatively cheap, mass-producible devices (to the point that laptops may be able to safe the heads before...

Given the types of extremely hazardous research now being performing into biological, and potentially nanotech technology. Would it not make sense to lobby the...

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I'm trying to add a direct comparison of nuclear-thermal vs. chemical engines to the article on the wikipedia. I'm hampered by a lack of even simple data. It...

I read a news item about the original air processing machine on the ISS having been broken for some time, and the astronauts depending on the older "oxygen...

Is gravity so strong that a meteor swinging by the earth, moon or planet at 25,000 miles per hour on a tangent trajectory is pulled in for a direct impact?...

Hi, I will use a direct approch for solving a trajectory optimization problem(optimal control). I find some approches for this , I have some queations, If it...

I have no one to ask this question of, so seems the Usenet might work ;-) Does anyone think that it might be possible to surround a vehicle with sodium ions...

Space Station News /////////////////////////////////////////// Texas, Scotland, Ecuador Students Hear from Space Station Crew Posted: 05 Apr 2021 03:12 PM...

Soon they will reach the speed of light and the next stars Japan unfurls solar sail in space The rocket deployed two solar sails, or 'clover type...

I was thinking recently what would be requirements of an ideal interplanetary spacecraft capable of carrying humans around the solar system within reasonable...

Space Station News /////////////////////////////////////////// NASA TV Coverage Set for Upcoming Spacewalks, Preview News Conference Posted: 19 Jan 2021...

Could anyone point me to some technical documentation on Ion Drive systems? One thing I'm interested to know is why don't the ion's stick the grid they are...

As everyone knows, in four days it will be the 100th anniversary of the Wright brother's first powered human flight. Tomorrow, however, will be a somewhat...