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- Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:16 pm
- Forum: Moon bases and lunar materials utilization
- Topic: Will China claim the moon?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8681
[quote=""Sam Fraser""] On Saturday, a Chinese lunar probe made the first soft landing anyone's made on the moon since 1976. The probe includes an unmanned rover named Yutu that will spend several months exploring "geological structure and surface substances and looking for natural resources.'' But w...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: General PERMANENT topics and new discussions
- Topic: Crowdfunding
- Replies: 46
- Views: 260872
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:03 pm
- Forum: General PERMANENT topics and new discussions
- Topic: Crowdfunding the new space race
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12203
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: PERMANENT website update and concerns. Feedback welcome
- Replies: 3
- Views: 45801
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:10 pm
- Forum: General PERMANENT topics and new discussions
- Topic: Costs of various projects
- Replies: 18
- Views: 101217
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:35 pm
- Forum: Products and services for marketing, <b>sustainability</b>
- Topic: NASA pays $65m for ISS water....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8244
[quote=""Sam Fraser""]...in 2010. Wed Apr 21, 2010 05:10 AM ET With launch costs running more than $5,000 per pound, NASA calculates it's a bargain to pay its new water utility, Hamilton Sundstrand, as much as $65 million over the next five years for up to 1,000 liters of fresh water per year aboard...
- Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:35 am
- Forum: SpaceX
- Topic: Grasshopper takes a hop
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14235
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:16 pm
- Forum: Moon bases and lunar materials utilization
- Topic: Lunar Blast Furnace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11278
If I were to make a wish list of things to research, first on the list would be the design of a set of test devices to try different processes. The parameters for these test devices would be that they have to fit in a 2m x 3m x 1.5m cube, and weigh no more than 500kg - including the equipment to gat...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:03 pm
- Forum: SpaceX
- Topic: SpaceX & US Airforce
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7395
[quote=""RaresH""]Let's hope they don't get too comfortable with government contracts. Too often companies become dependent, loose their competitive edge, and don't innovate. So goes with corps that can't seem to ween themselves off the great teat. As a result, prices would stay high, and that's bad...
- Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:45 pm
- Forum: Moon bases and lunar materials utilization
- Topic: Astrobotic's Polaris - Polar lunar rover
- Replies: 23
- Views: 28881