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Introducing "Elsie" Updated: 30 October 2011
Most of the people coming to this site are looking for information about the Space Elevator. And for better or worse, for 10 years, I’ve been working on that super-project…
But my team and I are shifting gears. I’m a little famous for my oft-used quote: “There is a profound difference between difficult, very very hard and impossible.” Well, I hate
11/05/2024
Details about the Lunar Elevator, thanks to Megabuilds!
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02/22/2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQfsCKDy34
Watch Live! Intuitive Machines Landing of the First Privately Funded U.S. Moon Lander The Odysseus moon lander, built by Houston company Intuitive Machines, completed two engine burns in deep space on Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 and is sailing on the ...
08/22/2023
Rockets are cool.🚀 But is drafting legal language as exciting? 🧐
One begets the other, as Charles Miller explains in the next conversation on Commercial Space Pioneers.
Tune in tonight, live at 5pm West/ 8pm East!
https://lnkd.in/gJiFhw_x
Commercial Space Pioneers Series -- Charles Miller The Commercial Space Pioneers Series is a series of interviews with the pioneers of the commercial space. Hosted by Executive Director of the Space Frontier ...
08/22/2023
SpaceX reveals Starship hot stage ring.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-reveals-starship-hot-stage-ring/
SpaceX reveals Starship hot stage ring SpaceX recently installed the new hot staging ring atop Booster 9 that will attempt this new stage separation method. The hot staging ring has gone through its own test campaign, including being connected to the “can crusher,” which simulates stresses on the rocket during liftoff and, having pas...
08/22/2023
Close up photos of the Moon by Chandrayaan-3! 🌕
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66541956
Chandrayaan-3: India's lunar lander Vikram sends close-up photos of Moon The photos are taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3's lander, which has begun the last phase of its mission.
08/21/2023
Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia's crash.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/moon-landing-anticipation-builds-india-after-russias-crash-2023-08-21/
Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia's crash India's space agency on Monday released images its spacecraft took of the far side of the moon as it headed for an attempted landing on the lunar south pole, just days after the failure of a Russian lander.
08/21/2023
Why NASA t-shirt is behind the curve.
Why NASA T-shirt is behind the curve Fashion designer Gabriela Hearst has turned to a technology with exciting potential for inspiration.
08/11/2023
Is the MIDWEST the robot capital of America?? 🦾🧐
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/robot-economy
The Midwest is America's robot capital Robots are set to fundamentally change how economies operate, much like the internet and electricity.
08/11/2023
International Space Station may be more polluted than most American homes.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4144788-international-space-station-may-be-more-polluted-than-most-american-homes/
International Space Station may be more polluted than most American homes Concentrations of toxic contaminants found in dust on the International Space Station (ISS) surpass those found in floor dust in many U.S. households, a new study has found. Levels of organic pollu…
08/11/2023
Astronauts get first look at spacecraft that will fly them around the Moon. 🌕
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-astronauts-spacecraft-fly-moon.html
Astronauts get first look at the spacecraft that will fly them around the moon The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon in another year got their first look at their spacecraft, as NASA warned Tuesday there could be more delays.
08/11/2023
Stunning new photos and videos of the Moon as India's Chandrayaan-3 rover enters lunar orbit.
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/see-stunning-new-photos-and-videos-of-the-moon-as-indias-chandrayaan-3-rover-enters-lunar-orbit
See stunning new photos and videos of the moon as India's Chandrayaan-3 rover enters lunar orbit India's Chandrayaan-3 rover reached lunar orbit on Aug. 5, sharing new photos and videos of the moon ahead of its planned Aug. 23 landing.
08/10/2023
Why US must land astronauts on the Moon again -- NASA
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/nasa_artemis_2_update/
Why US must land astronauts on the Moon again – NASA 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out'