Just think how much you’re going to be able to catch up on Netflix, he joked. “If they have a musical instrument there, you could go into there knowing nothing and come out a concert musician, if you want.” He said there could be “unbelievable freedom” in a year away from you...
SpaceX had succeeded in winning much of NASA’s business, but in order to be awarded a military launch contract, a company needs special certification, and curiously, SpaceX had a very hard time becoming certified. Calling bullshit on the process, and knowing that the law requires there to ...
But what space tourism entails, and how much it costs per person, varies greatly depending on a company’s technological capabilities.For example, both Virgin Galactic and SpaceX expect to fly private paying passengers to space next year. But, while passengers flying with both companies would go...
Over its nearly 50-year history, JSC has trained more than 300 U.S. astronauts and 50 astronauts from other countries. The training process used today is the culmination of this considerable experience. The first phase starts with two years of basic training. Much of this training takes place...
Over its nearly 50-year history, JSC has trained more than 300 U.S. astronauts and 50 astronauts from other countries. The training process used today is the culmination of this considerable experience. The first phase starts with two years of basic training. Much of this training takes place...
How Much Do Astronauts Make? NASA’sastronaut payis anywhere from $104,898 to $161,141 per year, based on the Federal Government General Schedule Pay Scale that puts astronauts at GS-13 to GS-15. Want to know what you might make as an aerospace engineer or a physicist? Look at theMon...
Much, much more. When you count, that doesn’t add up to four, does it? That’s what design by committee is all about! Mar 1, 2014 What the industry should do with the upcoming Aegis release Automatak will be releasing the Aegis fuzzing tool publicly and for free for the first ...
NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars. Only one could go and they could never return to Earth. The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid for going. “A million dollars,” he answered, “because I want to donate it to M.I.T.” The ...
Three crew members will launch on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and travel to the ISS for a stay. The crew includes NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, who will join the ISS crew and spend six months on board, plus Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novit...
The first wouldn't make much difference: food supplies the energy your body needs, but it doesn't necessarily make you any warmer right there and then. But putting "clothes" on your house—by insulating it—is actually a very good idea: the more heat insulation you have, the less energy...