by David Todd | Feb 28, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, On a Lighter Note, Science, Space tourism, Technology
Dennis Tito and his Inspiration Mars outfit has been giving full details of their plan to send humans around the planet Mars on a free return trajectory using a capsule and inflatable living area. Interestingly, they are asking for older/middle-age couples to apply...
by David Todd | Feb 21, 2013 | exploration, Personal spaceflight, Seradata News
Flightglobal Hyperbola column’s analysis of the new privately-led space race to land a man or woman on Mars (between Dennis Tito’s outfit, SpaceX and Mars One) has led us to consider how we would do it. Actually, we would go for the “Tuco”...
by David Todd | Feb 21, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, exploration
According to Nasawatch.com and a news release posted on SpaceRef.com. Denis Tito, the first ever space tourist who made a flight to the International Space Station in 2001, is planning to attempt to fly around Mars. Dennis Tito’s...
by David Todd | Feb 21, 2013 | exploration
Having earlier tested its drilling capabilities, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has successfully used its drill to recover the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. The sample, taken from bedrock on Mars, will now be...
by David Todd | Jan 23, 2013 | exploration, Technology
Deep Space Industries has announced plans to use robot spacecraft to mine asteroids for precious metals and other minerals. It joins Planetary Resources announced plans in 2012 to “mine” asteroids to return precious metals back to Earth...
by David Todd | Jan 10, 2013 | exploration, Space tourism, Technology
While Elon Musk and his SpaceX outfit are planning their own Martian settlement having thousands of inhabitants, another firm, Mars One, is considering doing the same thing, albeit on a much smaller scale. It is inviting applications to become one of...
