On the other hand, if you deflated a balloon in space, the balloon would shoot backward—in the same way it would on Earth—because the force in that situation isn’t created by pushing on air outside the balloon (like a propeller), it’s created by the air pressure being much higher...
SpaceX is sending two private citizens to the moon, and all things considered, it won’t cost all that much, if you happen to be a billionaire. On Monday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that his company will fly two private individuals — not current astronauts, that is — on a trip...
orbit - life in space re-entry landing A typical shuttle mission lasts seven to eight days, but can extend to as much as 14 days depending upon the objectives of the mission. Let's look at the stages of a mission one by one. Learn More on the Discovery Channel The Hubble Space Telesc...
How Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, makes and spends his $20 billion fortuneTanza Loudenback
Boeing also defended its higher CCtCap award, noting that the company had to develop Starliner "from scratch" whereas SpaceX based Crew Dragon off the robotic Dragon cargo capsule, which has been flying contracted resupply missions to the ISS for NASA since 2012. "We started much later but ...
Musk has said he doesn’t care that much about a grad degree, college degree, or even a high school degree—just raw talent, personality, and passion for the SpaceX mission. I sat down with SpaceX’s VP of Vehicle Engineering, Mark Juncosa, who I was surprised to learn is a casual...
Moreover, California is now working on a plan to build a much slower rail system between the two cities at a cost of $60 billion. It was this proposal that drove Musk to envision the Hyperloop. The California plan, Musk wrote in a 57-page white paper he published on the SpaceX site...
SpaceXlaunched the Dragon cargo ship into orbiton Tuesday (April 14) during its sixth commercial cargo mission for NASA. The spacecraft blasted off at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2016 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and is carrying more than 2 tons of supplies for the space ...
Fungi have been companions of mankind for millennia. Mushrooms inspired our eating culture, and yeasts and filamentous fungi were developed into highly efficient cell factories during the last 100 years to produce many products utilized in different indu
Related:5 Sites for Space Geeks to Celebrate and Relive the First Moon Landing In the future, SpaceX plans to use its Starship spacecraft to travel to Mars and other planets. Some of this travel will be commercial tourism, purchased by private citizens, while much of it will serve professio...