WASHINGTON– While the main emphasis of the Mars 2020 goal will certainly be the look for proof of past Martian life, the wanderer goal lugs a number of other hauls that might sustain future robot and human goals to the red earth. Perhaps the greatest account of these hauls is […]
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If the political, technical and budgetary stars align for NASA and its partners in coming years, the moon could be the go-to place as the century unfolds. Astronauts would again explore Earth’s celestial next-door neighbor, perhaps setting in motion future mining endeavors to extract ices likely lurking in sunlight-shy craters […]
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images NASA is paying Colorado start-up Lunar Outpost $1 to collect rocks and dust from the moon. On Thursday, the agency announced the four winning bidders for its first lunar material contracts. The companies have to collect small samples of lunar soil and share information on […]
An artist’s conception shows the uncrewed cargo version of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA has selected four companies to collect material on the moon and store it up as the space agency’s property, for a total price of $25,001. And one deal stands out: a […]
With the right materials, a future for humanity on the Red Planet isn’t just science fiction Philip K. Dick’s 1964 science fiction novel, Martian Time-Slip, imagined a human colony on Mars reliant on waterways, allotments and robots. Today, such quaint sci-fi concepts are actual scientific possibilities now that we better […]
The fungi growing inside the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster could help protect humans from radiation during space travel. The fungi was discovered in 1991, five years after the disaster, and experts have discovered that it feeds on radiation. The fungi, named Cryptococcus neoformans fungi, contains large amounts of melanin […]
We could witness commercial space exploration turn into a sustainable and frequent occurrence in the decade after Daniel Inocente However, Daniel Inocente, senior architectural designer with New York-based architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), has stressed the need for international cooperation as mankind moves into a new era – while […]
When some of the first computers were designed, many were shocked by their processing speed and mathematical capabilities. Researchers in the field of computer science were later fascinated by another conception, Artificial Intelligence (AI). They figured if a computer has the power to calculate numbers and retrieve various forms of […]