Where would I find info on the sort of college degrees and skills the people that are going to be sent to Mars (and the Moon) would need to have? What should...

What equipment, materials and amount of electricity are needed to produce steel (in space) from ores found on NEOs? Would there be a need to add carbon (as a...

I would love to hear opinions about Elon Musk's announcement a fully reusable, two-stage launcher. In this SpaceX animated video...

I need something that’s completely automated and can extract 100 tonnes of water per day from steam (does 100 tonnes of steam = 100 tonnes of water?). This...

Hi I was wondering what happened to Armadillo aerospace? I haven't seen an update on their site since 6 Jan 05. Surely they are not giving up. Also, even...

Hi There's always been something that I couldn't understand about space 'technology'. As much as I want to see new things and new technologies employed...

Hi It's been a LONG time since I last heard of Scaled Composites and their X-prize attempt. At some stage the guys seemed to fly at least once a month. Now,...

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At a meeting to the Systems Engineering Society of Australia last week, Pamela Melroy (STS-92, STS-112) stated that the only things on the ISS _not_ controlled...

Story Musgraves' description of the Shuttle at the recent IICA2005 Conference in Melbourne, Australia, last week... Story gave two slide-shows from his time...

"Roger Moore" wrote in message ... Ian Stirling writes: ...

In another thread: SSTO propulsion overview Gordon D. Pusch wrote is basically a big high aspect-ratio sailplane-like design with a couple of jet engines...

I recently came across an intriguing photo of what appears to be a four-engined Titan first stage. http://www.bernd-leitenberger.de/titan34.html (scroll down...

http://exploration.nasa.gov/acquisition/cev_procurement.html

I posted some ideas on lunarpedia about Existing Commercial Potential for Helium-3 from Luna. The Moon is an abundant source of He3. He3 has a market value,...

A Rectenna is a "Receiving Antenna" which converts RF radiation into electrical power. They would be a fundamental component of Solar Power Satellite...

Helium-3 is abundant on the Moon but very rare on Earth There is a critical shortage of He3 today, due to two factors: 1) increasing demand for neutrons...

I was reading about the airship to orbit idea, and how it is probably impossible. This got me to thinking, are there any materials like carbon nanotubes that...

I read about this idea on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerovator. Basically, it is a long aerodynamic ribbon kept up by 20+ jet engines. Somehow,...

I was reading about the airship to orbit idea, and how it is probably impossible. This got me to thinking, are there any materials like carbon nanotubes that...