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Follow Mankind's Quest to explore and harness the promise of space with research of space projects and educational interactive media tools.

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Space exploration is not only about the progress of science into space. Its about the progress of humankind into space. Species in the cosmos that survive are those that harness the power of the stars and planets to propel their civilizations past forces of Darwinian, Geologic and solar systems evolution. The solar system resources are there for us to help restore the balance of planet earth and make a step into space. The energy from the sun is around the corner. We just have to realize quickly we can't survive without going into space.

 

Space Elevator for the Moon Proposed

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Credit: LiftPort Group

 

It is not science fiction. It’s a way to colonize space using today’s technologies and materials.

That’s the view of advocates for planting a space elevator on the Moon. The concept would consist of a ribbon made of very strong and very light material — carbon nanotubes being a material of choice – stretching out from the lunar surface into space.

Once in place, elevator cars serve as robotic lifters to haul cargo. Such a lunar elevator could provide cheap and reliable access to the Moon.

In order to fine tune the plan, the LiftPort Group of Bremerton, Washington is holding a workshop dedicated to realizing the Lunar Elevator in the next 10 years. The event is being held July 31 – August 1 at the Future of Flight museum in Everett, Washington.

The LiftPort Group goal is to create a scalable, mass space transportation system, open up the vast market opportunities that exist in space, many of which haven’t even been imagined yet.

For information on the Lunar Elevator workshop, go to:

http://www.spaceelevatorevents.com/index.html

By Leonard David

 

 

Asteroid Lutetia's Close-up

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Asteroid Lutetia

Asteroid Lutetia has been revealed as a battered world of many craters. ESA's Rosetta mission has returned the first close-up images of the asteroid showing it is most probably a primitive survivor from the violent birth of the Solar System.

 

Solar Sail Success

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JAXA Solar Sail

 

 

 

 

Solar Sail Success 

 
The small solar power sail demonstrator "IKAROS," which successfully deployed its solar sail, was confirmed to accelerate by solar sail receiving solar pressure. 
This proved that the IKAROS has generated the biggest acceleration through photon during interplanetary flight in history.
 
Last Updated on Monday, 12 July 2010 06:29
 

Small, Ground-Based Telescope Images Three Exoplanets

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Small, Ground-BThis image shows the light from three planets orbiting a star 120 light-years awayased Telescope Images Three Exoplanets

Astronomers have snapped a picture of three planets orbiting a star beyond our own using a modest-sized telescope on the ground.
 

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:42
 
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