Genetically modified people will explore deep space
Humanity denied the ability to colonize distant planets
Humanity will never be able to colonize planets outside the solar system. This was stated by the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics astronomer Michel Mayor. According to him, suitable planets are too far away and the journey to them will last too long. Michel Mayor noted that even if a suitable planet would be very […]
Three space news
1. Boeing and SpaceX talked about preparing for testing manned ships. On October 8, at the International Symposium on Private and Commercial Space Flights, John Mulholland, Vice President of the Boeing Space Division, spoke about the ongoing preparations for the first flight of the Starliner manned spacecraft. The company plans to test the ship’s emergency […]
NASA Curiosity rover discovers evidence of ancient lakes on Mars
The NASA Curiosity rover during the study of the Gale Crater, an extensive dry ancient bed of the lake with a hill in the center, found sediment containing sulfate salts in its soil. The presence of such salts indicates that once there were salt lakes. Sulfate salts were found in sedimentary rocks that formed from […]
A flight ticket on a New Shepard suborbital ship will initially cost hundreds of thousands of $
Until recently, Blue Origin, a private aerospace company with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, was shying away from a question about the cost of flying a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for those who want to experience the thrill at the edge of the stratosphere. But in a speech at Disrupt SF TechCrunch, which kicked off on […]
Former S7 Space employees suggest developing a cargo spacecraft
On September 30, the Russian company MTKS announced plans to build an Argo reusable cargo spacecraft. MTKS was founded by former S7 Space Director Sergei Sopov. He was also joined by a native of RSC Energia, who also worked for S7 Space for some time, Nikolay Bryukhanov. In its layout, the Argo is exceptionally similar […]
What is a space web?
Looking at the night sky, it seems that stars and galaxies are located more or less randomly. This, however, is not entirely true. Despite the randomness, the Universe is not a random confusion of objects. It may seem surprising, but the Universe has a structure consisting of massive filaments of galaxies separated by giant voids. […]
SpaceX introduced a ship for flying to the moon and Mars
SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk introduced a spaceship that can transport people and cargo to the moon or Mars and vice versa. Musk himself presented the latest developments on the night of Sunday, September 29, at the launch pad of the spaceport in the US state of Texas. A spaceship that is reusable can also be […]
Jeff Bezos: “Going to Space for the Good of the Earth”
This is the best video I watched in 2019. It is a pity that I did not watch it in May, but only now, when "rel =" nofollow "> came out in Russian. In the first part, Jeff Bezos talks about his childhood dreams about space and about his way of thinking about the future […]
Rocket projects of Roscosmos
(author of the scheme) Since early September, Roscosmos announced several new launch vehicles at once, the development of which should either begin, or should not. Now it's time to explore the entire proposed zoo breeding facilities. By 2019, two missiles remained from the Angara launch vehicle family: Angara-A1.1 and Angara-A5. The first is supposed to […]