The hostile-to-humans environment of outer space presents seemingly infinite obstacles to our desire to explore. But scientists may be on the way to making
Category: Space Travel & Exploration
Exploring Mars Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Lynette M. Burrows reviews how NASA has been exploring Mars in preparation for a review of her popular Going to Mars Word by Word blog series.
The Key to Surviving Space Radiation?
Lynette M. Burrows discusses what The Andromeda Strain, Project Hail Mary, and extremophiles have in common. Survival is part of the answer.
Sixty-Three Years Leading Us to a Star Trek Life
Are space grown chili peppers, civilians, a movie shoot on ISS, and NASA’s sixty-three years leading us to a Star Trek Life?
Is the Truth in Asteroid Dust?
Is the truth in asteroid dust? Perhaps we’ll soon learn the answer. This month, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully brought asteroid dust back to Earth for the second time in history. A small asteroid doesn’t have a heated interior. Scientists believe that means that since the materials on an asteroid have never experienced…… Continue reading Is the Truth in Asteroid Dust?