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Popular Mechanics February 27, 2008 Brian Lisi |
NASA's Concept Truck Built for 360-Degree Lunar Off-Roading NASA engineers went back to the drawing board to create a new "concept car" for the moon. The result? A six-wheeled, truck-style vehicle that someday might rove around the lunar surface more like a crab than a car. |
Geotimes July 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Jetting Through Space President Bush announced on Jan. 4, 2004, his vision to return humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. Without the Cold War era impetus, however, NASA is searching for new ways to motivate development of innovative new vehicles to fly humans to the moon. |
Popular Mechanics October 28, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Rooting for NASA's Ares I Rockets: Analysis This week, all eyes were on NASA as it conducted the first flight of the Ares I, the first launch vehicle the agency designed since the Space Shuttle. October also witnessed progress in other space launches |
Wired September 13, 2007 Spencer Reiss |
Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon Google will award $20 million to the first private team to put a robot on the moon. |
Popular Mechanics August 2006 Jeff Wise |
Crash Test The Vertical Dragster, built by Armadillo Aerospace for the X Prize Cup, will lift off with 3000 pounds of thrust. In the pursuit of private spaceflight, a group of texas rocket enthusiasts aren't afraid to blow up a few engines. |
Wired June 2006 Adam Rogers |
The Challenger When Peter Diamandis gave the $10 million Ansari X Prize to the SpaceShipOne crew in 2004, he did more than build excitement about private space travel. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
A Team Competing For Google's Lunar XPrize May Reach Moon By 2017 SpaceIL, a small Israeli nonprofit foundation working in the country's almost non-existent space sector, announced that it plans to conduct the world's first private mission to the moon in 2017. |
Popular Mechanics September 25, 2007 Rand Simberg |
Space Gas Station Would Blast Huge Payloads to the Moon Boeing has unveiled a radical redesign of NASA's plan to return to the lunar surface: save weight by saving gas for an orbital fill-'er-up, then shoot 15 times more material to the moon. |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Tim Beyers |
To the Moon, Google! Google puts up a $30 million cash prize to whoever can explore 500 meters of the lunar surface and transmit high-definition video back to Earth before December 31, 2012. |
Scientific American February 6, 2006 Patrick DiJusto |
Winner Takes All New technology prizes are designed to spur innovation and challenge entrepreneurs to do something that outstrips the state-of-the-art in return for a sizable payoff. But is basic research being prized out of the market? |
Popular Mechanics June 2009 Joe P. Hasler |
17 Steps to the Moon and Back: Anatomy of a Moonshot Here are the critical events that had to go right with the Apollo 11 launch, and what would have happened had they gone wrong. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Countdown to Moon Madness NASA targets 2008 for the next lunar landing. This could be a be a boon to big contractors such as Lockheed Martin, but smaller manufacturers such as Ball Aerospace may stand to gain an outsized share as well. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics December 23, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Ready for Its April Launch, but Will It Help the U.S. Return to the Moon? The orbiter is more than just another satellite looking at moon rocks -- this mission is one of the first steps in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon, and use the moon as a springboard to reach beyond. |
Wired December 20, 2007 Mathew Honan |
The X Prize Ecosystem Giving cash Prizes for solutions to thorny problems turns out to be a great way to tap the talents of geeks everywhere. |
InternetNews October 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Streaming to The Moon Space enthusiasts compete for $2.5M and a trip to the moon, and it's all to be streamed live. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Rhea |
Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good. |
Popular Mechanics February 2, 2010 Jennifer Bogo |
X Prize CEO Thinks Obama's 2010 NASA Budget Good for Space The new approach NASA has taken has laid the foundation for the Google, Cisco and Apple computers of space to be born. And, ultimately, lays the foundation for the rest of us to have a chance to get to go to space. |
Popular Mechanics April 10, 2006 Benjamin Chertoff |
NASA Announces New Mission to the Moon NASA uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter EELV launch vehicle as a lunar impactor in search for water ice in moon's poles. |
Scientific American March 13, 2005 Mark Alpert |
Lunar Science NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base and use the program's technology to prepare a human mission to Mars hinges on a risky prediction: that astronauts will find water ice in a permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles. |
Popular Mechanics June 2009 |
Landing on the Moon: Apollo 11, The Untold Story The ascent and descent team from Apollo 10 share their story as the Eagle prepares to undock from the moon. |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Steve Cooper |
Eye on the Prize Are you trying to develop the next big thing? Enlist help from bright minds outside your company by throwing in a prize. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
Popular Mechanics May 12, 2008 Matt Sullivan |
Debating NASA vs. DIY Rocketeers, Lunar Real Estate and the Open-Source X Prize: My Own Private Space PODCAST Is the private sector about to overtake NASA in space? |
Popular Mechanics September 11, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Why NASA Should Bomb the Moon to Find Water: Analysis NASA today announced the site of a mission that aims to send an empty fuel tank into a lunar crater to assess the amount of frozen water that is kicked up by the impact. |
Wired May 2003 Tom McNichol |
The Race Back to the Moon Astropreneurs are counting down for a return to Apollo country. The first small step: a satellite atlas of the lunar surface. The next giant leap: ice mining, helium farming, and a launchpad to the solar system. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Barry E. DiGregorio |
Chinese Satellite Arrives at Moon Radio tracking and control of the lunar mission is made possible through through politics and technology. |
Geotimes December 2006 |
Top Space News Stories of 2006 Titan's Earthly and Unearthly Features... Space Technologies Fly, Lift and Roll on...Deep Impact Still Impresses... etc. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Prepare for Another Moon Shot NASA says we'll establish a permanent moon base by 2024. How will investors benefit? |
Popular Mechanics September 21, 2007 Matt Sullivan |
Mourning DIY, Debunking Halo 3 Hype and More: Podcast A podcast that will teach you some high-tech basics, explain what's wrong with Halo 3, and discuss the Google Lunar X Prize. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 |
India Joins League of Lunar Nations Last November, India reached the moon, the fifth country to do so after the United States, Russia, Japan, and China. |
Fast Company January 2006 Michael A. Prospero |
Fuel for Thought Philanthropist Peter Diamandis' $10 million X Prize proved that money can drive big ideas. Now he's looking for more of them in other fields, from nanotech to education. |
Popular Mechanics September 9, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking. |
Popular Mechanics September 2008 Michael Milstein |
Inside NASA's Plan to Bomb the Moon and Find Water Water is a key ingredient in the agency's plans to establishing a permanent outpost there because it can be broken down into oxygen for lunar bases and fuel for rockets. |
AskMen.com |
NASA To Bomb The Moon A pair of unmanned science probes will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come. |
Popular Mechanics November 25, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
4 Wildly High-Tech Military and NASA Research Projects The Army and NASA are developing projects that will aid in understanding lunar conditions, rocket fuel development, and creating robots for space exploration |
Popular Mechanics April 2003 Paul Eisenstein |
Biggest Engine Ever Built It was the largest, most powerful rocket ever built and, having served as the launch platform for the Apollo manned moon mission, probably qualifies as the most famous rocket as well. |
Popular Mechanics June 17, 2009 Joe P. Hasler |
Do We Really Need Another Satellite Orbiting the Moon? It is a tale of two satellites, a shared destination, and two very different missions. |
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland |
Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission Buzz Aldrin offers his thoughts on the next mission to the moon. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller |
Global Hawk UAV Goes to Work for NASA to Monitor Environmental Conditions on Earth NASA is operating two Global Hawk UAVs for environmental Earth observation. |
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland |
Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back -- and Stay This Time From ensuring a safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's an inside look at some of the toughest challenges NASA's engineers are now confronting with the new Orion shuttle. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John Keller |
NASA Taps Space Power Electronics for Optoelectronic Space Components Space Power Electronics will provide power converter assembly electronic boards and laser electronic assembly electronic boards for the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) measurement investigation that will be aboard the LRO. |
Popular Mechanics September 24, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Water Found on Moon These images show a very young lunar crater on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth, as viewed by NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Otis Port |
Gentlemen, Start Your Rockets The race for space is heating up as private outfits head for the launchpad. The business community is now starting to look hard at suborbital tourism to make sure they don't miss an opportunity. |
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Future of the Space Business: How Private Rocketeers Got Real To achieve liftoff at this watershed moment when they could begin to usurp NASA's stranglehold on space, billionaires rely on the propulsive power of profit in an industry based on competition and smarts. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 William Sweet |
Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars? Returning to the moon is not all that technically challenging. What's challenging is to make it an international effort that puts behind past grievances and sets the stage for a truly challenging international mission to Mars. |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Otis Port |
Space Travel: Bringing Costs Down To Earth NASA should give startups room to maneuver |
Popular Mechanics February 8, 2010 Rand Simberg |
The New NASA: A Path To Anywhere, And Everywhere The author believes that NASA's new path, outlined by the president's budget, holds promise of real progress. |
Popular Mechanics May 12, 2008 Michael Milstein |
NASA Makes Space U-Turn, Opening Arms to Private Industry The agency seems to be shifting course, as NASA officials insist that the budding commercial spacecraft fleet represents the only way the United States can realize its dreams of solar-system conquest on schedule and at an affordable cost. |
Popular Mechanics March 4, 2009 Michael Belfiore |
International Space Dominance: 7 Nations Launching the Next Space Race Here is a look at the capabilities of the top -- and most-talked-about -- space-faring nations in what may be a new world order. The race is on for space dominance. |
Popular Mechanics August 2009 Aldrin & Noland |
Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track This May, the Obama administration announced it would appoint an independent council of aerospace experts to review NASA's human spaceflight objectives. |