3D printing in all its variants is the cutting edge in manufacturing technology at the moment. NASA’s Ames Research Center has installed a 3D printer in their machine shop to explore the potential of this technology for space applications. CNET reports: Staff WritersMore Posts
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NASA’s New Budget
At NASA these days, money is the talk of the town. On April 10, Us President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2014, including the NASA budget. This is just the start of the process: the budget doesn’t reflect the actual funds that will be allocated to NASA, this is just the official ask. Here is NASA’s official [...]
Space Apps Challenge Hones in on Near Earth Objects
On April 20-21, the second International Space Apps Challenge will take place in 75 cities on seven continents and aboard the International Space Station. Begun in 2012 by NASA, the Challenge is an international mass collaboration event. Thousands of citizen scientists and inventors come together for 48 hours of intense technology development. Participants respond to challenges from NASA and 100 partner organizations ranging from [...]
NASA May Be Requesting $100 Million for Asteroid Mission
According to Aviation Week, NASA’s budget request for 2014 will include $100 million for a robotic asteroid capture mission that will aim not only to find and capture a small asteroid but also to deliver it into the vicinity of the Moon. SPACE.com reported that NASA officials were not allowed to comment on details of the agency’s 2014 budget request until [...]
D-Orbit Add-on Deorbits Satellites without Sacrificing Fuel
Luca Rossettini, CEO and co-founder of D-Orbit, a start-up targeting the space debris mitigation market, has always dreamt of going to space. His dream led him from Italy to the US and back, with a revolutionary idea and a reliable business plan on how to deal with satellite disposal. Before starting D-Orbit, Rossettini joined the Italian army as a parachute [...]
XCOR Fires Piston Pump Rocket Engine
XCOR Aerospace released the following statement on March 26, accompanying a video of the 67 second test. Mojave, California - XCOR Aerospace today announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation for fully reusable spacecraft that can fly multiple times per day, every day. It is a [...]
Space: Securing Communications with Quantum Teleportation
Developments in quantum entanglement research may mean satellites hold the key to encrypting communications here on Earth – using a preliminary form of teleportation. “If we can use correlations between entangled photons to establish a quantum key, it could be used for secure communications,” University of Waterloo associate professor Thomas Jennewein told Scientific American. A quantum key occurs when two entangled quanta, such as two [...]
Bolden Addresses Hearing On Asteroid Threats
A U.S House of Representatives hearing was held March 19th, 2013 covering the recently popular subject of asteroids and meteorite strikes. The hearing, titled “Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors”, was held before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The text below is an excerpt from a prepared statement from NASA Administrator, [...]
3D Printing Takes on the Final Frontier: Food
Imagine one day being able printing your own dishes, like in a Star Trek movie. This is the dream of many astronauts. Currently, astronauts have a limited variety of vacuum-sealed or canned foods which they eat repeatedly and quickly gets monotonous; however, 3D food printing may radically change astronauts’ selection of food. In the future astronauts will have the opportunity for [...]
Paragon Contracted to Develop MarsOne Life Support System
MarsOne, the non-profit organization aiming to create a colony on Mars, by landing 4 astronauts in 2023, has contracted its first aerospace supplier, Paragon Space Development Corporation. “We are extremely proud to have been selected by the Mars One team to provide such a vital role on the project,” states Grant Anderson, Paragon Chief Engineer and Co-Founder. “The objective of [...]
