Wednesday, March 21, 2012

postheadericon DailyDirt: Pigs In Space...

The space race was for a while now, and headed into uncharted territory now - without a single mission for space exploration. There are a couple of missions still under-exploited and there are many experimental spacecraft under development. These are just a few projects that use little space of a few interesting technologies.
  • A Japanese construction firm said it may be possible to build a space elevator by 2050 using carbon nanotubes to form a cable of 96,000 km long. There is no way to estimate the cost of this gigantic elevator to space, however, that the materials to build, in fact, can not be done (yet). [Url]
  • Aa ion propulsion systems have been developing for decades, and the Dawn spacecraft uses ion propulsion to get a little closer to a large asteroid called Vesta. Ion thrusters can operate for long periods, unlike chemical propulsion, and achieve much higher speeds than conventional rockets. [Url] Masten Space Systems suborbital rocket
  • Xombie "has had a successful test flight, which shows the vertical maneuvers off and landing for NASA. This rocket uses a flight control system that could help the ship land on asteroids or other non-terrestrial. [Url]



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