Big Pharma researchers launch fungi into space in hopes for new patentable drugs
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are sending four strains of fungi to the International Space Station in an effort to develop new medicines for use on Earth and beyond. The experiment will be conducted in collaboration with scientists from the university and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “This is an ambitious project for Read More
NASA open to using silver-treated water in space, despite FDA opposition
One of the quirks of being in space is that, upon embarking on your trip, you’d need to carry all the water you will ever need during your expedition – until the next mission comes along. This has meant that scientists have had to figure out how to recycle and disinfect water to be reused. Curiously, the Read More
NASA just detected oxygen in the Martian atmosphere
NASA has detected oxygen in the upper Martian atmosphere with the help of an instrument on board the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Oxygen had been discovered on the red planet before; however, this is the first time its presence has been verified in wake of the Viking and Mariner missions more than 40 Read More
Plans for Space’s first interstellar hotel are here… and its going to be inflatable
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is joining forces with billionaire entrepreneur Robert Bigelow to create the first inflatable space hotel for tourists by 2020. The announcement was made at a news conference at the U.S. Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The duo announced Monday that they intend to launch a 330-cubic meter inflatable space station, Read More
NASA successfully has launched the first test rocket for the expedition to Mars
NASA successfully tested the first RS-25 rocket engine for 500 seconds on March 10th. The incident was a major milestone for the future of space exploration. The RS-25 rocket will be used as part of the Space Launch System (SLS), which is designed to send astronauts to unexplored territories, including asteroids and Mars. “What a Read More
NASA responds to existential threat of huge asteroids by opening Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Earth is overdue for an asteroid impact on par with the one that killed the dinosaurs. In an effort to keep this existential threat at bay, NASA founded a new asteroid detection program dubbed the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). The PDCO is an organization designated to coordinate all of NASA’s efforts to identify and Read More
Why does the mainstream media keep censoring these frighteningly serious cosmic events?
A giant fire ball smashed into the Atlantic earlier this month, which was largely unreported on by the mainstream media. Similar events have gone unnoticed in the past. All this in the round, why are major media outlets ignoring these frightening cosmic occurances? The incident took place on February 6th when a meteor exploded in Read More
European Space Agency wants to send villagers to the moon… for SCIENCE!
Newt Gingrich’s promise to build a manned moon base by 2020 was met with disbelieving stares during the last presidential election. Comparable remarks made by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new boss, Jan Woerner, have provoked similar responses.(1) Hopes for a manned moon base equipped with robots and people are batted as just another crazy idea at Read More
U.S. demonstrates production of fuel for future space missions, while reactionless EM drive kicks conventional power to the curb
If humanity wants to further explore the solar system and beyond, a new type of jet fuel is in order. Fortunately, for the first time in 30 years, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) were able to produce 50 grams of plutonium-238, a plutonium isotope intended to power deep space missions. Radioisotope power Read More
NASA awards SpaceX contract to send astronauts to ISS and restore American independence
NASA just awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX program with a contract to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Although SpaceX has been trying to develop trustworthy rockets for years, this will be the company’s first mission of this kind. NASA gave SpaceX the go signal for future flights last Friday. The first flight isn’t scheduled to take Read More
