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Also, North Korea will put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024, according to Kim Jong-un. [read post]
12 Dec 2009, 5:06 am
Space columns or cables, according to the late Arthur C Clarke, could form Space Elevators, to provide lower carbon methods of traveling into geo-stationary orbit and beyond, due to the reduced amount of fuel burnt in the atmosphere, and recovery of energy from bringing meteorite/minerals back to Earth. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 12:13 pm
"Jack notes that the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is working on a $500,000 study of the facility's "suitability for orbital rocket launches by COTS firms like SpaceX, Rocketplane-Kistler, and others in COTS-2. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 4:45 am by Jeff Foust
After the 2013 launch of the MAVEN Mars orbiter, he said, “No further missions to anywhere are planned. [read post]
24 Dec 2007, 11:44 pm by jesse londin
Anders, as they orbited the moon in 1968 (reading from Genesis), Houston sent this reply:Twas the night before Christmas and way out in space,the Apollo 8 crew had just won the moon race.The headsets were hung by the consoles with care,in hopes that Chris Kraft soon would be there.Frank Borman was nestled all snug in his bed,while visions of REFSMMAT's danced in his head;and Jim Lovell, in his couch, and Anders, in the bay,were racking their brains over a computer display.When out of… [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 7:00 pm by Steven J. Malman
He also shattered the orbital, which is under his left eye socket, and glass bits tore his iris and cut his eyelid. [read post]
13 May 2011, 3:57 am by Jeff Foust
“Fortunately, Congress rebuked this proposal in the 2010 NASA Authorization Act and has provided funding for a robust Exploration program beyond Low Earth Orbit. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 1:15 pm by Stewart Baker
Dmitri and I also unpack the Great Cannon — China’s answer to 4Chan’s Low-Orbit Ion Cannon. [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 2:08 am
For example, relying on Global Positioning System technology which provides geographic information via orbiting satellites, the location of all parks, schools and day care facilities in the community can be entered into the LPR database and enclosed within a "virtual fence. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 2:52 pm by Jeff Foust
Adding to that lack of knowledge, 35% said they believed there were private companies in the US today launching humans into Earth orbit. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 1:37 am by Tom Smith
So, yeah, I see google as in the orbit of the PRC, not in a conspiratorial way; more as sort of the natural evolution of economic interests. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 5:00 am by Kevin
 Had that been paid, and paid in quarters, the stack of quarters would have reached to about the orbit of Neptune, more or less (I'm not doing that math again). [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 7:28 pm
You probably started with the Bohr model of the atom, in which electrons orbit the nucleus like planets around a sun. [read post]
2 May 2010, 7:33 am by Jeff Foust
In addition, James Stofan was named acting associate administrator for education, replacing Joyce Winterton, who will be a special advisor in the Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate. [read post]
10 Apr 2011, 11:00 am by Glenn Reynolds
I know we can’t do anything about it yet, but maybe in the future one of the private companies can capture one of these things and mine it in Earth’s orbit. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 7:28 am by Jeff Foust
From the document: Commercial launch vehicles have for years carried all U.S. military and commercial—and most NASA—satellites to orbit. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:26 am by P.J. Blount
– Spaceports Surya Gablin GUNASEKARA, Mutually Assured Destruction: Space Weapons, Orbital Debris, and the Deterrence Theory for Environmental Sustainability, 2012 Air and Space Law 141. [read post]
1 May 2012, 9:27 pm
Here's the lesson: we, the citizens of New York State, do not want to be launched into orbit if we, for whatever reason, lose control of our vehicles on your roadways, bridges and overpasses. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 3:49 am by Jeff Foust
The bill’s provisions, in particular the immediate development of a heavy-lift launcher, “would allow NASA to begin human exploration beyond low earth orbit before the end of this decade,” said Explore Mars, a Mars exploration advocacy group, in a statement. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 4:12 am
As a result of the incident, the suspect required hospital treatment and suffered facial and orbital fractures. [read post]