Private space company SpaceX has had a monumental week. On Wednesday, the company’s Starship test model SN10 made a high altitude test flight to 10 kilometers and landed back on the launch pad. The previous two attempts with SN8 and SN9 reached their test altitude but suffered RUDs (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, or in simpler terms,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA recently announced plans to build a space station orbiting the moon to help send astronauts to Mars, but one of the scientists who designed the space agency’s plans to send humans to the Red Planet thinks it’s an awful idea. “No one needs a lunar orbit space station for any purpose,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA plans to build a “deep space gateway” around the moon as part of plans to send astronauts to Mars, the space agency’s director of human exploration announced this week. NASA will launch four manned flights between 2018 and 2026 to the space around the moon in order to build…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follet The Cassini space probe detected hydrogen coming from Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, which suggests alien life could develop there, according to NASA. NASA said Enceladus has “almost all of the ingredients needed to support life as we know it on Earth,” but admitted they found no living organisms….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Emma Colton A NASA probe snapped a picture of one of Saturn’s moons that looks a lot like a flying saucer. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snapped a photo of the moon, Pan, from just 15,268 miles away. This image is the closest picture ever taken of Pan. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Chicago residents plan to moon Trump Tower next week to protest President Donald Trump. The event, “Chicago Moons the Trump Tower,” is planned for Feb. 12, reports CBS Chicago. Hosted by S#!tshow, the event is meant to get Trump to release his tax returns. “Donald Trump doesn’t think…
by Andrew Follett Scientists think humans could start mining for resources on the moon within the next seven years. Official NASA estimates suggest mining could begin as soon as 2022 with a $10 billion government investment. A mining base on the moon could be developed relatively cheaply using 3-D printing, autonomous robots, and other recently-developed…
by Andrew Follett Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has flowing rivers on its surface, meaning it’s more likely the moon is is capable of developing alien life. Scientists used NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to observe deep canyons on Titan filled with vast bodies of liquid hydrocarbons like methane and ethane. The discovery could make life on Titan much…
by Andrew Follett Edgar Mitchell, one of only 12 human beings to walk on the moon, died Friday, meaning only seven moonwalkers still live. Mitchell, Alan Shepard and Stuart Roosa were the crew of Apollo 14, which landed on the moon Feb. 5, 1971. Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the lunar surface. The remaining men who…