SpaceXVision has published renderings of a Mars Spaceship concept for an artificial gravity Mars/Earth cycler. Artificial Gravity Mars/Earth cycler concept with Starship in Mars orbit #SpaceX #STARSHIP pic.twitter.com/zG6zzVy0TE — SpaceXvision (@SpacexVision) August 13, 2023 Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog …
The NY Times discussed the NASA funding of Icon to send 3D printers to the moon for the construction of buildings. NASA scientists are currently working to perfect a replica of lunar concrete. In the first half of 2024, NASA plans to test ICON’s printers. “If you can survive our [vacuum] chambers, then you’re very …
NASA OSIRIS-REx mission is returning on September 24, 2023 with 250 grams of the Bennu asteroid. The samples were collected in 2020 but it has taken this long for the mission to return. China will attempt to collect the first samples from the far side of the moon next year with its Chang’e 6 mission. …
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is developing the next set of innovative technologies to enable human and robotic space missions. The NASA Strategic Technology Framework guides how STMD makes investments categorized into four themes: Go, Land, Live and Explore. Each includes specific strategic outcomes that span 18 technology capability areas. Dr. Julie Kleinhenz, NASA’s …
Mars Direct 3 offers a modular approach to solving the many challenges for a SpaceX Starship Mars mission. This includes the development of a new Mars lander -based on SpaceX’s Starship vehicle- to serve as the crewed ship, while keeping the Starship as a cargo ship, though a Starship-only approach is also considered. Mars Direct …
There is some debate on how many people could fit inside SpaceX Starships that are converted into Space Stations. We can get a better maximum estimate by looking at the Apollo mission and German and American submarines. Apollo’s Command Module had a diameter of 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) and a height of 11.4 feet (3.47 …
NASA announced they were working with SpaceX to make SpaceX Starships into Space Stations. The SpaceX Starship has more volume than the International Space Station. Ercx Space and Smallstars have used computer rendering and design to make detailed interiors of SpaceX Starship. SpaceX has said that in the future each SpaceX Starship could hold up …
There was a conference discussion on moon and Mars space development. JAXA described making a 300 kg unmanned rover for the South Pole of the moon. JAXA will then make an 11 ton manned rover for the Artemis project. NASA Talked about Artemis and DARPA talked about DRACO leap ahead nuclear propulsion SpaceX senior director …
Here is the NASA Moon-to Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technologies (MMPACT) Overview. NASA’s goal is to develop, deliver, and demonstrate on-demand capabilities to protect astronauts and create infrastructure on the lunar surface via construction of landing pads, habitats, shelters, roadways, and blast shields using lunar regolith-based materials. ICON Build is the primary commercial developer of …
Giant Cyclers for Radiation Safe Earth to Mars Journeys
SpaceX is making water-cooled steel plate for launching and landing the two stages of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship. The launch and landing pad challenges for the moon and Mars are far less than for the Earth. For the Moon, NASA has awarded a lunar landing pad contract to ICON. From the lab to the …