Mission planners, scientists and engineers have started to design and build prototypes of necessary hardware, he said. "Currently, prototypes of the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Mengzhou crew spaceship, the Lanyue lunar lander, as well as the crew rover and other hardware needed ...
Janty Yates, the costume designer for "The Martian," originally looked for inspiration to NASA's prototype Z1 and Z2 spacesuits. She worked with NASA officials and engineers, whom she described as "bend-over-backwards helpful." But in the end, she and her team came up with something new...
The Space Frontier Foundationis an organization comprised of a diverse, multinational array of space activists, scientists, engineers, media, political professionals, entrepreneurs, and passionate citizens focused on unleashing the power of free enterprise and leading a united humanity permanently into the ...
This “Operator”, Me, Oxford...a Wizard or “Systems Designer” needs a P.A. - and Competent Engineers to interface with – and Project leaders, accountants, advisers, to raise and handle much larger amounts of “public money” than I could, to interface to legal and (not for profit...
Bai said that supplies loaded on the cargo spacecraft are nearly as heavy as the ship's own weight, exceeding the loading capacity of Russian cargo ships in active service. Tianzhou-1 will dock with Tiangong-2 three times, said Bai. After the first docking, aerospace engineers will test th...
January: Engineers at Vultee Field division of Convair Corp. in Downey, California, draft long-range cruise and ballistic missile per military requirements. April: Convair Corp. recieves a $1.4-million contract to study long-range missiles, leading to a classified project MX-774. (792) May 10...
in response to catastrophe, the limits of technology, and the difficulties of inter-species communication. But just like Dead Space, Rama also functions as a hard-sci-fi adventure story that puts a host of problems at the feet of some pilots and engineers and asks them to find a solution....
By the end of 2013 they opened asecond Kickstarterto hopefully expand the 3D ship designer feature. They’re currently in beta and apparently in the latest stages of testing. If all goes according to plan they plan to release on March 2014 for Windows PC. Check out our most recentin...
Engineers have begun making components for nine new Ceres 1 rockets. The company expects to conduct two or three launches before the end of the year, he said. According to Xia, engineers at his company are developing the Pallas 1, a larger, liquid-propellant rocket model that can be reused...
And that's why most of the engineers we met are here. Building spaceships is the chance of a lifetime. Scott Pelley: If you reach the point of having a successful manned flight, what will you have proven? Kevin Brogan: We're not doing it to prove anything. You know, we know it ca...