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Carbon nanotube reinforce Composites can reduce space vehicle mass

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in computing, nanotechnology, space, transportation

Jul 5
2017

NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is keenly interested in nanotechnology – an approach that can reduce the mass and improve the performance of aerospace systems. NASA computer modeling analysis has shown that composites using carbon nanotube reinforcements could lead to a 30 percent reduction in the total mass of a launch vehicle.

“No single technology would have that much of an impact to reduce the mass of a launch vehicle by that much,” explains Michael Meador, Program Element Manager for Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Tensile properties of a carbon nanotube fiber-based composite tank were tested in a May 16 test flight.

This is the Closest Thing We Have to a Master Equation of the Universe

Posted by Andreas Matt in information science, mathematics, physics, space | 1 Comment on This is the Closest Thing We Have to a Master Equation of the Universe

Jul 4
2017

The grand theory of almost everything actually represents a collection of several mathematical models that proved to be timeless interpretations of the laws of physics.

Here is a brief tour of the topics covered in this gargantuan equation.

This version of the Standard Model is written in the Lagrangian form. The Lagrangian is a fancy way of writing an equation to determine the state of a changing system and explain the maximum possible energy the system can maintain.

Inside the startup that wants to mine asteroids and transform space travel forever

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in economics, space

Jul 4
2017

Among startups, the race to start mining asteroids is underway. Their pioneering work could transform our economy – and one day, our ability to explore the universe.

Life in space is hard…!!

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in space

Jul 3
2017

Japan wants to put a man on the moon by 2030

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in space

Jul 3
2017

Japan wants to put a man on the moon by 2030.

Welcome: Welcome to the United Kingdom’s portal to the asteroid mining industry

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in materials, space

Jun 30
2017

We are a new aerospace start-up company that aims to open up the possibilities and potential of an off-Earth commercial market. We aim to develop ground breaking technologies that will enable the extraction, processing and use of materials derived from the many millions of asteroids known to exist near Earth and further afield.

NASA to Test Fission Power for Future Mars Colony

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in nuclear energy, space

Jun 30
2017

NASA engineers are working on a nuclear fission system to power a human colony on Mars.

MIT space hotel wins NASA graduate design competition

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in habitats, space, transportation | 1 Comment on MIT space hotel wins NASA graduate design competition

Jun 29
2017

The Managed, Reconfigurable, In-space Nodal Assembly (MARINA), developed by MIT graduate students, recently took first place at NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Design Competition Forum. MARINA is designed as a habitable commercially owned module for use in low Earth orbit that would be extensible for future use as a Mars transit vehicle.

Image courtesy of the MARINA team.