At some point in the past there was a large explosion, and the Universe as we know it, is created, and expands to a very large size very quickly, and continues to expand today. At the moment of this big bang, it happened somewhere. Let's call this the origin (x=0, y=0, z=0...
By reducing weight mid-flight, achieving orbital velocity with the second-stage engine is easier. Typically, the second stage burns up in the atmosphere upon re-entry. SpaceX has achieved a number of firsts here. Namely, pioneering rapid re-use of the first stage through vertical landing, ...
Soft landing the Falcon 9 rock SpaceX originally debuted its RLV tech on the suborbital Grasshopper rocket in 2013.See video 14-04-14 tests Tweet Mars One mission This movie shows how Mars One plans to establish a human settlement on Mars.See video ...
NASA’s Artemis program faces many challenges to overcome to achieve its goal of landing humans on the Moon in 2024. There are the myriad technical problems that have already occurred, and will likely continue to crop up in the coming years as NASA completes development of the Space Launch Sy...
Nine Saturn V rockets moved astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972, but there were three extras made — and you can still see some of the pieces today, a retired Boeing engineer says. These rockets are world-famous for their role in landing the first people on the moon on July 20...
Burt Ratan and his company, Applied Composites, took home the ten million dollar prize offered by SpaceX. They fulfilled all of the requirements, to include everyone being alive upon landing. Mike Melvill and Burt Rutan speak to the media after SpaceShipOne’s first flight into Space. Photo by...
was managing upwards of $25 million of Powell’s personal money while landing three no-bid contracts with the Fed to manage part of its emergency lending programs. One of those programs, the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, allowed BlackRock to buy back its own sinking ...
(This is a testament to the cultures at these companies). Seattle doesn’t really have anything like the San Francisco Bay Area, where the PayPal mafia bankrolls countless startup endeavors. And it lacks the constant motion and churn that helps cultivate a new crop of startups. Take ...
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by Elizabeth Howell,Universe Today An artist’s conception of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover, scheduled to launch in 2018. Credit: ESA Picking a landing site on Mars is a complex process. There's the need to balance scientific return with the capabilities of whatever vehicle you'...