Free Talk Live - space

Human settlement of Mars in 2023 by private organization

Fizzul — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:47:10 +0000

No political ties! This organization plans a one way trip for some lucky folks to permanently visit Mars with no government funding. They will use technology that is already available.

Company aims to mine resource-rich asteroids

ecigarettes — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:48:52 +0000

The company Planetary Resources plans to develop and launch a series of robotic systems and unmanned spacecraft, starting with its Arkyd-100 Earth-orbiting space telescopes that it hopes to launch by the end of 2013 to identify candidate near-Earth asteroids containing natural resources. A single 500-meter platinum-rich asteroid would have the equivalent of all the platinum-group metals ever mined on Earth, the company said. And the right 80-meter asteroid would have more than $100 billion worth of materials, Anderson said.

Gamers help discover two new planets

XD45 — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:42:27 +0000

Using the game Planet Hunters, gamers have discovered two new planets in the Cygnus constellation.

In what is starting to look like the beginnings of a trend, casual gamers have helped scientists make significant discoveries through a specially designed game for the second time this month.

NASA and scientists warn of Super Solar in 2012.

ZeeDante — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:54:46 +0000

NASA and scientists warn of super solar storm that could take place in 2012. The affect of such a storm could paralyze industrialized countries around the world who rely on technology and satellites to run their day to day lives. Reputable scientist Michio Kaku warns that this storm could cost countless lives and set us back as a species 100 years if we fail to reinforce our technological infrastructure. Admittedly, through government, we lay vulnerable to a number of things, this is yet another one.

Real-time Satellites in Google Earth

tuzzz — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:13:01 +0000

Real-time Satellites in Google Earth. There are 2271 Sattelites in orbit around the earth.