Last week, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts
(NIAC) program announced grants for 14 teams
exploring high-risk, high-reward projects.
'Wired' reports that some of the projects, like a lunar oxygen pipeline or new building material for
use on Mars, could be technological game changers.
These are things looking 20 to 30 years
down the road to see how we could
drastically improve or enable
new types of NASA missions, Mike LaPoint, NASA's Innovative
Advanced Concepts (NIAC), via 'Wired'.
The $175,000 grants will be used to
lay out detailed plans, run tests and design
new prototypes based off of Phase 1 projects.
The select few chosen to go on
to Phase 2 will receive $600,000
for an additional two-year study.
A single exceptional project will then
receive an award of $2 million to enter into
another two-year long Phase 3 study.
According to 'Wired,' one of the most interesting
projects is a proposal to build a habitat out of
fungi and bacteria grown on the surface of Mars.
A University of Nebraska team is exploring
the idea of self-growing building blocks
using minerals formed within a bioreactor.
Another NIAC winner has proposed building a massive
pipeline on the surface of the moon to deliver
much-needed oxygen to astronauts on a future lunar base.
'Wired' reports that the new tech will create
oxygen as a byproduct of mining for water
ice utilizing a process called electrolysis
Remembering
Aretha Franklin.
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on
March 25, 1942, and died on August 16, 2018.
Here are five facts
to celebrate the
“Queen of Soul.”.
1. She was the first woman inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2. Franklin taught
herself how to play
the piano by ear.
3. She performed for
Presidents Jimmy Carter,
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
4. Franklin's single, "Respect,"
was a civil rights anthem.
5. NASA named an
asteroid after her.
Happy Birthday,
Aretha Franklin!
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#Nancygracetelescope#NASA#Spacetelesope
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A green comet shooting past Earth for the first time since the Ice Age is about to skim right past Mars in the night sky and according to reports both the comet and the Red planet will be visible side-by-side across the Northern Hemisphere on the nights of February 10th and 11th.
#Greencomet #Mars #Space
Jupiter Now Has More Moons , Than Any Other Planet.
NBC News reports that 12 new moons
have been discovered around Jupiter.
The new discovery puts the
planet's moon count at 92.
Saturn is a close second with 83 moons.
The new Jupiter moons were detected in 2021 and 2022 with telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.
They range from 0.6 miles to 2 miles in size.
I hope we can image one of these outer moons close-up in the near future to better determine their origins, Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution, via statement.
NBC News reports that Jupiter and Saturn's small moons are likely fragments of
bigger moons that used to exist.
The European Space Agency will send a spacecraft to Jupiter in April to study the planet and its moons.
NASA's Europa Clipper will launch next year to explore one of the planet's moons as well.
As for the moons of the other planets in our solar system, Uranus has 27, Neptune has 14, Mars has two, and Earth has one.
As for the moons of the other planets in our solar system, Uranus has 27, Neptune has 14, Mars has two, and Earth has one.
As for the moons of the other planets in our solar system, Uranus has 27, Neptune has 14, Mars has two, and Earth has one.
As for the moons of the other planets in our solar system, Uranus has 27, Neptune has 14, Mars has two, and Earth has one.
Venus and Mercury have none.
Venus and Mercury have none
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In yet another interesting discovery by the scientists, a piece of the rocky planet was found on the surface of Mars which apparently looked as if it was smiling back at them. This image resembling a teddy bear on Mars captured by NASA’s Orbiter has to be one of the most pleasant moments of 2023.
#Mars #NASA #TeddyBear
NASA's Future Crewed , Mission to Mars Depends on , Developing Nuclear Thermal Propulsion.
Ars Technica reports that the United States
announced its intention to develop a flyable nuclear
thermal propulsion system nearly three years ago.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's
(DARPA) aim was to develop more responsive controls
of spacecraft in Earth orbit, lunar orbit and in between. .
The project is part of an effort to give the U.S.
military greater operational freedom in space. .
The operation has been dubbed
the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar
Operations, or DRACO project for short.
Ars Technica reports that the program
includes building both a nuclear fission
reactor and a spacecraft to fly it.
In 2021, General Atomics was
awarded $22 million by DARPA
to work on developing the reactor.
Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin
were awarded an additional $5.4 million to
develop the project's spacecraft system. .
Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin
were awarded an additional $5.4 million to
develop the project's spacecraft system. .
According to a 2019 report, NASA's only hope
for putting humans on Mars in the near future
is by developing nuclear propulsion.
Ars Technica reports that nuclear thermal
propulsion requires significantly less fuel
than other means of chemical propulsion.
NASA will work with our long-term
partner, DARPA, to develop and
demonstrate advanced nuclear
thermal propulsion technology
as soon as 2027, Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, via Ars Technica.
With the help of this new technology, astronauts could journey to and from deep space faster than ever, a major capability to prepare for crewed missions to Mars, Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, via Ars Technica.
With the help of this new technology, astronauts could journey to and from deep space faster than ever, a major capability to prepare for crewed missions to Mars, Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, via Ars Technica
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