Space Archive

  • By Bobby Miller On April 24, a little company called Planetary Resources unveiled a big plan that, if successful, can profoundly affect the world’s economy, solve water shortage issues and make travel into deep space possible. It plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for their platinum, iron, nickel and sulfur, possibly adding trillions of U.S. dollars to the world’s gross domestic product. Formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, Planetary Resources’ two key players are Eric C. Anderson, who formerly managed a NASA mission to Mars, and Peter Diamandis, the man behind X...

    Asteroid Mining Company Plans to Mine for Metals and Help with Deep Space Travel

    Posted on September 10, 2012 | 3 Comments
    By Bobby Miller On April 24, a little company called Planetary Resources unveiled a big plan that, if successful, can profoundly affect the world’s economy, solve water shortage issues and make travel into deep space possible. It plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for their platinum, iron, nickel and sulfur, possibly adding trillions of U.S. dollars to the world’s gross domestic product. Formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, Planetary Resources’ two key players are Eric C. Anderson, who formerly managed a NASA mission to Mars, and Peter Diamandis, the man behind X...

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  • By Beatty Jamieson The web has been going crazy about NASA’s most ambitious Mars mission since their launch of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Mars rover. Now, after a successful landing, the web is again exploding with articles and questions about the mission. For anyone wanting to catch up, here are some factual tidbits and resources that will help. Mars Mission Details Launched: Nov. 26, 2011, and propelled by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Distance Traveled:  Mars Science Laboratory traveled 352 million miles (566.5...

    Mars Curiosity Rover: Catch Up On What’s Happened With The Mars Science Laboratory

    Posted on August 22, 2012 | No Comments
    By Beatty Jamieson The web has been going crazy about NASA’s most ambitious Mars mission since their launch of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Mars rover. Now, after a successful landing, the web is again exploding with articles and questions about the mission. For anyone wanting to catch up, here are some factual tidbits and resources that will help. Mars Mission Details Launched: Nov. 26, 2011, and propelled by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Distance Traveled:  Mars Science Laboratory traveled 352 million miles (566.5...

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  • By Allan Harris & Corey Conley In December 2010, Space X became the first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft, but now they want to push the envelope even further by creating a reusable rocket. The December launch represented just the latest in a string of milestones never achieved by a non-governmental space company – the Space X’s successes could be ushering in a new era of humans in space, if they can overcome more down-to-earth obstacles first. The main challenge is reducing the cost and...

    Turn and Burn: Space X and the quest for the reusable rocket

    Posted on December 19, 2011 | No Comments
    By Allan Harris & Corey Conley In December 2010, Space X became the first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft, but now they want to push the envelope even further by creating a reusable rocket. The December launch represented just the latest in a string of milestones never achieved by a non-governmental space company – the Space X’s successes could be ushering in a new era of humans in space, if they can overcome more down-to-earth obstacles first. The main challenge is reducing the cost and...

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  • Click here to Catchup on Curiosity’s mission now that it’s landed! By Marisa Mazart We Earthlings are endlessly fascinated by Mars and that curiosity has driven the development of the Mars Curiosity Rover. Over the past few decades we have hurled all manner of probes and whirring robots at its dessicated surface, looking for clues to its ancient, watery past. Following in the footsteps of mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity comes “Curiosity,” the most advanced probe yet sent to another world. It has a number of goals on the rocky surface,...

    Curious By Design: The Curiosity Mars Rover Preps for Liftoff

    Posted on November 15, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Click here to Catchup on Curiosity’s mission now that it’s landed! By Marisa Mazart We Earthlings are endlessly fascinated by Mars and that curiosity has driven the development of the Mars Curiosity Rover. Over the past few decades we have hurled all manner of probes and whirring robots at its dessicated surface, looking for clues to its ancient, watery past. Following in the footsteps of mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity comes “Curiosity,” the most advanced probe yet sent to another world. It has a number of goals on the rocky surface,...

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