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Month: April 2019

Posted on April 26, 2019

Trans-Mars radiation shielding

A trip to Mars using current propulsion technology takes several months. During that time, astronauts will be exposed to solar and cosmic radiation. In Iowa, a group of undergrads is working the problem.

https://www.space.com/amp/magnetic-space-shield-mars-mission.html

Posted on April 24, 2019

Marsquake

Insight picks up the first quake on a celestial body other than Earth or the Moon.


First “Marsquake” Detected on Red Planet

First “Marsquake” Detected on Red Planet

NASA′s InSight lander hears ripples of seismic energy rippling through Mars

Scientific American Scientific American
Posted on April 11, 2019

Video clip 17: Bigger

What Scratching the Surface is really about.

background: illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface

Posted on April 5, 2019

Moon or bust?

Here’s the most thorough evaluation of the the latest push for the Moon that I’ve found. The TL;DR is that the winds are all over the place. This push is likely to fail. But we should root for it anyway because it’s shaking things up.

Here’s why NASA’s audacious return to the Moon just might work
Here’s why NASA’s audacious return to the Moon just might work

"Starting a war between Alabama and SpaceX will be the end of the Moon program."

Ars Technica Ars Technica
Posted on April 1, 2019

An impressive stack

Wowza! He’s talking about an Orion atop a ULA second stage atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. We live in interesting times.

NASA chief says a Falcon Heavy rocket could fly humans to the Moon
NASA chief says a Falcon Heavy rocket could fly humans to the Moon

Falcon Heavy could augment Space Launch System on road back to the Moon.

Ars Technica Ars Technica

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