Is the future of the space suit going to look more like science-fiction or deep sea diving? A lot of very smart people are working on the problem of moving in space while still providing the protection we’ll need.
While the NASA GRAIL mission might be one big yawn, the Mars rovers have been a success that deserves to be recognized. In the eight years since they were launched, we’ve learned more about Mars in that time than ever before. And one’s still going.
NASA launched a pair of probes to map the gravitational whatevers on the the moon and… oh god this sounds like the most boring project its ever launched and I’m fighting a yawn right now. Oh, but hey! It’s got video of the backside of the moon!
Through the use of the Spitzer Space Telescope, we can now tell that 55 Canceri e, an exoplanet 40 light years away, is not quite the baren rocky environment we originally thought.
How much is an astronaut’s life worth in terms of the amount spent on safety and the cost to the overall mission? Does there reach a point where maybe making something a little bit safer jeopardizes the entire venture? A look at Robert Zubrin’s essay in Reason Magazine this month.
