Saturday, December 02, 2023

NASA administrator lauds India over successful landing on south pole of moon
The final frontier? How humans could live underwater in 'ocean stations'
The Man from Mars: The Asteroid Mining Caper #ad

Colin Fraser was the first man to walk on Mars as commander of the Ares. But little did he know that his greatest adventure would take place after he returned to Earth from the Red Planet. With further voyages of interplanetary exploration curtailed due to budget cuts, Fraser joined a private company that proposed to capture an asteroid and mine it for its almost limitless wealth. The only catch was that he would have to commit the first act of space piracy in history by stealing his old ship and using it to divert the asteroid named Daedalus.

Stealing the ship, diverting the asteroid, and avoiding federal prison or destruction will be the least of Fraser’s worries, however.

Dinosaurs Might Be The Reason We're Not Living to 200 Years Old
Artificial photosynthesis: A pathway to solar fuels
Nobody Said Getting Biden Re-Nominated Would Be Pretty

Friday, December 01, 2023

Angola Signs NASA Artemis Accord

In living memory Angola was a battlefield of the Cold War with American backed rebels fighting a Cuban occupation army. Now Angola is part of the Artemis Alliance. Truly it is a turning world.

Four takeaways from DeSantis-Newsom debate: 'Lion’s den'
Tunnel to Towers Expands Mission to Leave No Veteran Behind
Europe is Working on a Multi-Purpose Habitat for the Moon
NASA to train Indian astronaut for ISS voyage in deepening space ties
Nuclear-powered Dragonfly mission to Saturn moon Titan delayed until 2028, NASA says
One Year After the Laser Fusion Energy Breakthrough: What Comes Next?
Why Elon Musk is right to take on Media Matters
Space junk surrounds Earth, posing a dangerous threat. But there is a way to turn the debris into opportunity
How to Eliminate 25% of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 2035
A Brother on the Moon #Ad

On a December day in 1967, a pilot whose jet fighter is in the process of cracking up ejects a moment sooner and therefore lives when he otherwise might have died. A life that would have ended on the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base continues on. Six years later, Major Robert Lawrence, United States Air Force, becomes the first black American to walk on the Moon.

The Next Congress Might Look a Little More Republican
Next Up for School Choice: Tennessee
Tiny robots made from human cells heal damaged tissue