Yes, There’s a Need for an ‘Astronaut Experience Manager’ Nick Kolakowski, March 12, 2018 3 min read Are you on the job hunt and looking for something, shall we say, a little different? Blue Origin, the spaceflight...
Is Earth Weighed Down By Dark Matter? Kevin Fogarty, January 4, 2014 14 min read GPS satellite measurements hint Earth may be more massive than expected. There may be a giant ring of dark matter...
Lockheed Martin Signs on to Private Mission to Mars Kevin Fogarty, December 10, 2013 6 min read Artist's concept of the Mars One Mars Lander due to launch in 2018. Successful, high-profile entrepreneurs often...
Deep-Skin Dedication to Spacecraft Engineering Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, November 22, 2013 8 min read Terrance Yee loves space, so much so that the 45 year old spacecraft engineer, who lives in San Diego with his wife of...
Two Weeks Left to Apply for Mars Crew Susan Hall, August 13, 2013 2 min read The prospect of joining the first team to colonize Mars has proven to be so wildly alluring that more than 100,000...
Bill Gates Promotes Vaccine Projects, Swipes at Google Nick Kolakowski, August 8, 2013 3 min read Bill Gates (in baseball cap) has spent the past several years, and many billions of dollars, fighting diseases. In...
Money in Space: PayPal Prepares for Orbital Tourists Susan Hall, July 5, 2013 2 min read When space tourism really takes off, PayPal wants to be ready. After all, you’ll need some way to pay for your zero-g...
Is It Time for Servers in Space? Mark Hachman, April 26, 2013 5 min read Is it time to reconsider placing networked servers in space? Keith Lofstrom, an electrical engineer famous for...
Nicole Sharp: Taking Fluid Dynamics to a Whole New Level Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, April 19, 2013 11 min read Nicole Sharp is a wind tunnel jockey. “What’s that?” you ask. The short answer involves crawling around in wind...
Joseph Shoer: Space Battles and Imaginary Worlds Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, March 15, 2013 12 min read Joseph Shoer is a 28-year-old guidance, navigation and control engineer for a major commercial spacecraft company. He...
