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- Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:33 am
- Forum: Asteroids and NEO utilization
- Topic: Private deep-space NEO telescope announced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18305
A setback for B612: NASA has terminated its unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with the B612 Foundation. Its primary purpose was obtaining NASA technical consulting and agreement for B612 to use NASA tracking facilities for Sentinel after it was launched. In return, B612 would keep NASA informed of ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Economic, legal and political issues
- Topic: Bipartisan ASTEROIDS bill introduced
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51864
This appears to have been renamed the SPACE Act and was eventually passed in May, 2015:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... e-is-here/
Bill text here:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1508/text
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the ... e-is-here/
Bill text here:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr1508/text
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:32 am
- Forum: Moon bases and lunar materials utilization
- Topic: Russia/Europe to send lander to lunar south pole
- Replies: 0
- Views: 51704
Russia/Europe to send lander to lunar south pole
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/560/cpsprodpb/155DC/production/_86161578_4a9f212f-d249-428f-8ac5-dbf07cb4d65b.jpg The European and Russian space agencies are to send a lander to an unexplored area at the Moon's south pole. BBC News has obtained exclusive details of the mission, called Luna 27, which i...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:04 am
- Forum: Moon bases and lunar materials utilization
- Topic: Moon Caves and lava tubes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 41244
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:00 am
- Forum: Launch, transportation and propulsion
- Topic: MIT studies lunar fuels
- Replies: 0
- Views: 45705
MIT studies lunar fuels
Sadly, only to lower costs of a human Mars mission:
http://news.mit.edu/2015/mars-mission-s ... -moon-1015
Then again, perhaps Musk would be interested. His Mars Colonial Transports will need a lot of fuel.
http://news.mit.edu/2015/mars-mission-s ... -moon-1015
Then again, perhaps Musk would be interested. His Mars Colonial Transports will need a lot of fuel.
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:09 am
- Forum: General PERMANENT topics and new discussions
- Topic: Crowdfunding
- Replies: 46
- Views: 260909
[quote=""Sam Fraser""] £404,505 pledged of £600,000 goal (as of Dec. 1 2014, "16 days to go") [/quote] Lunar Mission One got fully funded in the end: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarmissionone/lunar-mission-one-a-new-lunar-mission-for-everyone/description Another similar private lunar proj...
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:19 am
- Forum: Asteroids and NEO utilization
- Topic: Asteroid prospector demonstrator deployed
- Replies: 0
- Views: 47131
Asteroid prospector demonstrator deployed
http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/A3RDeploy_PlanetaryResources_High-1437408685342.gif Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) spacecraft, created by...asteroid-mining firm Planetary Resources, aims to test critical electronic systems and software during its 90-day mission. [The] next demonstrator, called the Arkyd-6 (A6...
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:09 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Google Lunar XPrize Race "Officially On"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 52012
Google Lunar XPrize Race "Officially On"
http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/NewSpaceIL-1444232125840.jpg Today, the Google Lunar XPrize (GLXP) announced that Israeli team SpaceIL is the first to sign a verified launch contract that covers the first leg of its journey to the moon. The educational nonprofit’s spacecraft is slated to launch on a S...
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:01 am
- Forum: General PERMANENT topics and new discussions
- Topic: Costs of various projects
- Replies: 18
- Views: 101231
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2015/10/17503128990_4c82a99745_z/d5bdbe956.jpg From $250 Million to $6.5 Billion: The Bay Bridge Cost Overrun $250 million (1995) $1 billion (1996) $1.3 billion (1997) $2.6 billion (2001) $5.5 billion (2005) $6.5 billion (Current) ...some expect th...
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:09 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Dawn approaches on Ceres
- Replies: 0
- Views: 46908
Dawn approaches on Ceres
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia19179-16.gif NASA's Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world. At a resolution of 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) per pixel, the pictures represent the sharpest ...