In article , says... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4726 NASA Orbiter Views...

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 12:24:42 AM UTC-4, JF Mezei wrote: If we don't have equipment to detect such life, isn't there a danger that returning...

Alain Fournier wrote: You can transform a coal fired power plant into a wood fired power plant. You then capture and store the CO2...

On 9/21/2015 10:11 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote: That said, if it's a Musk expedition, I can see a real temptation for him to use batteries based on his...

On 9/24/15 10:24 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote : Alain Fournier wrote: On 9/23/15 11:16 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote : JF Mezei...

"University of Sydney doctoral candidate in Physics, Paddy Neumann, has developed a new kind of ion space drive that has 153% more fuel efficiency than the...

"On Monday, a group of astronomers revealed a new report that lays the groundwork for space-based astronomy after the James Webb Space Telescope ends its time...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/15/faster_hotter_greener_nasa_puts_new_propellants_through_their_paces/ ... In that ongoing project, the space...

SLS will be ready after 2018 around the same time JWST will be launched. SLS is such bad in perspective that it needs a mission to justify itself. Can it bring...

http://fortune.com/2015/09/04/nasa-commercial-flights/

I'm taking a tip from the subtitle to Dr. Strangelove and have stopped worrying and learned to love the SLS. Why? There are approx. 16 sixteen engines...

"Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, Nevada, has entered into a joint agreement with NASA to leverage the company's B330 inflatable space habitat for use with...

"Any organization that pays to put something into space likes to get as much as it can out of its hardware. NASA is no different. So while New Horizons was...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/14/eu_clears_uk_to_give_50m_to_sabre_space_launcher_engine/ Their benevolent highnesses at the European Commission...

"Robert Clark" writes: The computer models describing current climate don't plug in a *continual* reduction in the...

"A small Colorado company has successfully tested a new type of propulsion technology that it believes could eventually enable low-cost,...

http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/20/spacex-faulty-strut/?ncid=rss_truncated During a call today about the Flacon 9 rocket mishap in June, Musk ...

Force the US to choose between recognizing Crimea, or not flying aboard a Russian launcher. The Moscow Times Russia Could Make U.S. Astronauts Train in...

This week, SpaceX announced that the recent launch failure was most likely caused by a failed strut holding the (a?) helium tank down. The helium tanks are...

Astronaut in long duration mechanical counter pressure suit equipped for 15 days of travel: 150 kg. Delta Vee: Lunar Orbit to Lunar Surface: 1.7...