Category: Space

Environment and space

source: phys.com Human actions have had an indisputable impact on the Earth’s natural environment. Human activities have contributed to deforestation, desertification, soil degradation, depletion of the ozone layer and climate change. Space-based technologies, such as remotely sensed data, have enhanced scientific understanding of water cycles, air quality, forests and other aspects of the natural environment.… Continue reading Environment and space

Exploring space with Blue Origin

source: CNBC.com   As of end of January 2019, Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Shepard rocket for a tenth time, and with each step, we get closer and closer to sending humans to space. How will humans explore space?  The rocket takes the capture up to space and inside, there are 6 large… Continue reading Exploring space with Blue Origin

Travelling with SpaceX

When Elon Musk unveiled the first tourist for SpaceX, the world stopped to listen. Online fashion tycoon, CEO of Zozotown, Yusaku Maezawa, announced, “I choose to go to the Moon” and this mission planned for 2023 is going to hail the first of many firsts.   source: nytimes.com   Regardless of what people think, there is… Continue reading Travelling with SpaceX

Space safety/Space Traffic Management programs

source: spacenews.com   According to Aerospace corporation, “Space traffic management is the classification of services designed to help satellite operators avoid physical or operational conflicts. Commercial, civil, academic, and international entities all contribute to the development of procedures to ensure universal spaceflight safety by creating actionable predictions, early warnings, and sound avoidance maneuvers.” The implementation… Continue reading Space safety/Space Traffic Management programs

Space Tourism – Virgin Galactic

source: Virgin Galactic Space travel.  Space tourism.  It has been on the news and on peoples minds more recently.  And we are getting closer by the day. Imagine traveling to space like you would travel to New York Beijing, Tokyo or Sydney? So who would you fly with? Virgin Galactic If you were to look… Continue reading Space Tourism – Virgin Galactic