If you Want to Move an Asteroid, you Need the Right Kind of Nuclear Explosion
Using nuclear devices to deflect or disrupt an asteroid. Sounds a bit crazy, no? Maybe a little too Hollywood? And yet, detonating nukes in space may be necessary someday for the sake of planetary defense. In order for this method to be effective, scientists need to work out all the […]
Space Development Agency could select three manufacturers to produce its next batch of satellites
Derek Tournear: ‘I’m really interested in industry feedback when they see our acquisition strategy’
Space Development Agency could select three manufacturers to produce its next batch of satellites
Derek Tournear: ‘I’m really interested in industry feedback when they see our acquisition strategy’
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Shepard again, with first crewed flight ‘soon’
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin carried out another suborbital launch of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday, testing its reusable booster and capsule system, which is designed to carry humans to the edge of space and back. Like the last 14 launches, no humans were aboard this time. But […]
Earth Gains 5,200 Tons of Dust From Space Every Year
Whenever I wipe the dust off my coffee table or catch a glimpse of dust motes floating in sunlight, my spacey mind always wonders, is any of that cosmic dust?