Posted by Ray Katz in current, moon
I wouldn’t expect anything about space exploration in the style section of the NY Times magazine…but the unexpected happened.
There’s an article about designing in new-generation roving vehicle for future astronauts to get around on the moon…allowing them do better than just survive. The plan is to make them stylish and comfortable as well, with an impressively economic use of a small space.
Fifty-two years ago today, the Soviet Union send a basketball-sized metal ball into orbit—and changed the planet forever. Sputnik shocked America and the world. Suddenly, we were in a battle for the “high ground” of space. And we were badly behind. Following the launch of the first-ever satellite, the Soviets expanded their lead. They sent [...]
SpaceX, a company I unabashedly love, has hired former astronaut Ken Bowersox…and put him in charge of astronaut safety. Wait. Astronaut safety? What astronauts are flying on SpaceX? Approved for unmmanned flight…thinking of manned flight Well. although SpaceX has won a contract for unmanned re-supply missions to the International Space Station, they seem pretty confident [...]
An odd opinion piece in the New York Times today suggested an idea of how to get to Mars less expensively, perhaps within the currently restricted budget of NASA. The idea is: send the astronaut one way only. I don’t like the idea, but I enjoy reading about it. There’s no question that it’s much [...]