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Let’s take a break from the mundane design concepts and do some space exploration. Well, I am talking about the concept space station designed by André Dettler. This concept was a submission for the “Design the Future” contest, which was presented by Solidworks and NASA. The Gallagher Space Center has been conceptualized with an intention for long term space habitation for workers. read more »
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A new 9,000-square-foot, 3-story spaceship called "Second Solar" has just been constructed in the German city of Böblingen, designed to travel to distant solar systems to research inhabitable environments. It's loaded up with "giant engines, a thermal shell to protect the crew and landing runners designed to cope with unknown surface conditions." read more »
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Competition heating up between Japan and the US to build the world's first "space elevator". The technology required to create a physical link between Earth and outer space is getting closer to being a reality with Japan's announcement that it was researching plans to build a space elevator – a link to space that could transport cargo and even tourists – for 1 trillion yen ($11 billion). read more »
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Created by American graphic illustrator Terrence Hardeman, this ravishing modeling project here presents us with a rather realistic view of what commuting on Mars could look like. Titled Going for a Spin on Mars, the project is inspired by NASA’s Martian Rover and the creations of legendary futurist Syd Mead and is expected to develop into a full fledged “Go-Nav Land Yacht explorer.” read more »
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He was the second man to walk on the moon behind Neil Armstrong, and has since become the cultural icon that the reclusive Armstrong never wanted to be. And now, speaking in Paris on Tuesday, Buzz Aldrin believes that the first to visit Mars should settle there. read more »
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Maurice Franklin, a Microsoft software engineer who is passionate about the space elevator, recently organized and hosted a conference on that topic read more »
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So, you want to take over the Galaxy. A good career move. Ultimately, you're hoping to communicate with extraterrestrials, colonize entire sets of st read more »
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NASA is attempting to deploy and operate its first solar-sail powered craft NanoSail-D, made of extremely lightweight gossamer fabric designed to read more »
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