The search for life in the solar system tops the wish list of a panel of space scientists convened by the National Research Council. Mindful of shrinking budgets, the panel has issued hard-nosed recommendations that identify which planetary science missions NASA should fly in the decade that ...
1. GM’s giant moon truck As the Apollo program made progress toward a crewed moon landing, some NASA scientists made plans for longer human missions to explore and study the moon’s surface. Toward that end, in 1963, NASA contracted with GM to produce an inhabitable lab on wheels that a...
The ESA/NASA partnership would have dispatched the Trace Gas Orbiter to the Red Planet in 2016 to search for atmospheric methane, a potential signature for microbial life, and an advanced Astrobiology rover to drill deeper into the surface in 2018. These ambitious missions had the best chance ye...
Dutch computer experts Erik de Nijs and Tim Smit create a prototype pair of jeans with a built-in keyboard, mouse and speakers, allowing the wearer to remain connected to their computer through a wireless USB dongle. The designers call the trousers “beauty and the geek” and will cost arou...
dvunkannonat04:47 AM on 28 January, 2013 I haven't gone through all of them, but many of the reports list on the TRCS page http://www.therightclimatestuff.com/StudiesReports.html are actually quite rational. I especially liked the notation "'skeptical'climatescientists in TX = zero" on...
Wilson was selected for the astronaut corps in 1996, and has completed more trips to space than any of her female colleagues. She’s flown on three space shuttle missions: in 2006, 2007 and 2010. All told, Wilson has logged more than 42 days in space. ...
said engineer brian cooke of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, who has worked on robotic europa concept missions. “it’s almost like the perfect storm of all the challenges of spaceflight in one place.” designing machines for a europa mission means all the usual spaceflight tasks: making ...
Journal news 2013 Impact Factor: 0.897 Users also read Space Shuttle missions ushered a quiet revolution in Earth Observations from space Kamlesh Lulla, et al. Volume 26, Issue 7, 2011 View disclaimer for citing articles.Librarians Librarians' area Pricing Institutional account Access ...