So to now and the future with Charles Bolden's “State of NASA” speech:
** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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I have always felt that their aim has been to develop an enhanced radiation bomb (Neutron Bomb)
If this has indeed been their aim, then the yields achieved by their tests so far are not duds, they are actually right on the Money
(A very low yield subKt fission device, more recently a sub 10Kt fusion boosted device!)
This would not be much of a threat to the rest of the world, but it would make a great deal of sense if the intention was to achieve the long term aim of conquering the South and "Reuniting" the Korean peninsular.
Meet some NASA people and their work:
Yesterday's Delta IV NROL-45 launch:
HIAD-2 (Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator). The project is a disruptive technology that will accommodate the atmospheric entry of heavy payloads to planetary bodies such as Mars:
More:
http://gcd.larc.nasa.gov/projects/hypersonic-inflatable-aerodynamic-decelerator-hiad-2/#.Vr2sTvO6EuU
More:
http://gcd.larc.nasa.gov/projects/hypersonic-inflatable-aerodynamic-decelerator-hiad-2/#.Vr2sTvO6EuU
Fifteen months after Philae landed on a comet the lander is now facing eternal hibernation:
Kind of a bit disappointed that it didn't work out as the whole thing looked pretty promising when it first landed. At least it's proven the tech is fairly sound for getting there, few tweaks to the harpoon mechanism and the next one will no doubt be a success
This week:
Superb ISS Timelapse - Orbiting Around The World (17/18/20 January 2016)
ISS, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly talks about his one year mission:
He is due to return on March 1st.
He is due to return on March 1st.
Soldato
I thought I'd share these nice posters with you space enthusiasts in case you haven't seen them!
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
A look at how ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, trains and prepares astronauts for future lunar missions:
Some good views of Europe from the station:
Sentinel-3A launch aboard a Rokot/Briz rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia yesterday:
Coming in March, the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission and its cruise to Mars:
The mission:
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46124-mission-overview/
The ExoMars Programme:
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46048-programme-overview/
The mission:
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46124-mission-overview/
The ExoMars Programme:
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46048-programme-overview/
Man at work. Tim Peake working with the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer:
The freezer is used to store samples until they are returned to Earth for analysis.
The freezer is used to store samples until they are returned to Earth for analysis.
Exploration Mission-1 takes a set forward as the pressure vessel for an Orion spacecraft arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy:
Going back a few days to the Sentinel-3 launch amid the northern lights:
OA-4 Cygnus ends its ISS mission as it is released 12:26 GMT after 72 days of docked operations:
The full Orbital/ATK Cygnus departure:
It will be commanded to deorbit tomorrow for a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
It will be commanded to deorbit tomorrow for a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.