Free Talk Live - Space Exploration

Astronomer Says Earth-Like Planets Could Be Anything But

Jking8767 — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:34:13 +0000

The past 12 months has seen a dramatic influx in announcements proclaiming the discovery of Earth-like planets. It was only a few years ago that the detection of any kind exoplanet was cause for celebration, but these days news of a potentially habitable planet has become routine. But as astronomer and astrobiologist Caleb Scharf now notes, we need to relax and take a deep breath; just because these rocky exoplanets reside within a solar system's habitable zone doesn't mean they're anything like Earth.

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.

SpaceX Launches With 15 Dreams Onboard

jjschless — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:28:36 +0000

SpaceX successfully launched its commercial rocket today marking the first time a private company has sent a spacecraft to the space station. The Falcon 9 rocket along with the Dragon capsule is loaded with the hopes and dreams of hundreds of students from around the USA.

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.

Space flight without government spending from Europe

Rauterkus — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:21:13 +0000

"We aim to show the world that human space flight can be different from the usual expensive and government controlled project," the Copenhagen Suborbitals website states. "We are working fulltime to develop a series of suborbital space vehicles — designed to pave the way for manned space flight on a micro size spacecraft."

Scientists support Mars colonization, propose a private sector program

loungedaddy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:47:14 +0000

Some scientists support colonizing Mars, but have zero faith in that government science bureaucracy called NASA. They have begun vocalizing support of opening travel to (and colonization of) Mars for the private sector.

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.

Danish Volunteers Build Manned Spacecraft - No Government Involvment

XD45 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:09:28 +0000

A team of Danish volunteers has built a rocket capable of carrying a human into space, and will be launching it in a week’s time. The project, which has been funded entirely by donations and sponsorship, is led by Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen.