Falcon 9 built by SpaceX reached orbit on Friday. This commercial venture is hoped by NASA to replace the government rockets that are presently taking satellites etc into orbit. Commercialisation of space was put forward as a major aim by the United States when president Obama came into power. This is one of those small [...]
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Part 1:A Cup of Coffee and a Light Speed Tour around the Solar System
Planet Earth is getting boring. You have seen most of the countries and most of the inhabitants and swam beneath the sea, what else is there to do? Admittedly the oceans haven’t been explored to their full extent and some intense exploration needs to be done but sitting down and watching TV you can see [...]
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Take An Asteroid Ark Ship To The Stars And Arrive In Second Place.
Asteroids can be big grumpy things that decide that they are going to make life on Earth, just like the dinosaurs, extinct. They are flying around all over the place entering our solar system on their trajectories, and either crashing or being caught by another object in our system, or just peacefully cruising straight through [...]
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A New Human Race To Explore The Stars?
In an earlier post we talked about robots doing our dirty work and exploring the universe, relaying images back to us allowing us to see what they have found without actually risking our own necks. If you fancy a look then the post is here ”Is Humanity A Space Fairing Race?” . I have a funny [...]
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Using Energy In Different Ways To Travel The Universe
The greatest restriction to space travel as far as I can see is that the fuel that is needed to propel the vehicle is carried on the spacecraft. If we use energy to travel the universe in a different way then that fuel may not have to be carried or just a little fuel may [...]
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Square Planets
Looking at the universe I have always thought it odd that planets were round and not some other shape. To make a sphere on earth isn’t really that easy. I can’t say that I have tried it But just trying to get a lump of plasticine into a sphere with your hands is almost impossible. On [...]
