by Gordon Roesler | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
I have never disparaged the work or utility of human astronauts, even while advocating for increasing the use of robots for many tasks formerly performed by humans. When I was at DARPA, my awesome boss was an astronaut (Colonel Pam Melroy, now the Deputy Administrator...
by Gordon Roesler | May 8, 2022 | Blog
The National Science and Technology Council has been reviewing the field of in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) for several months. Recently a strategy was released to advance the ISAM field:...
by Gordon Roesler | Aug 26, 2021 | News
Astroscale, the international space debris cleanup, has successfully demonstrated capture of a simulated debris object in low Earth orbit. The object has been equipped with a special capture plate that matches the magnetic capture device on the ELSA-D spacecraft. The...
by Gordon Roesler | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog
Logistics–the backbone of every industry and every economy. Logistics systems include huge containerships (like the one recently stuck in the Suez Canal) and their ports, rail lines, long-haul trucking, and local delivery vans. We are going to need a logistics...
by Gordon Roesler | Jul 10, 2021 | Blog
It’s surprising that NASA has never sent a rover to the Moon, given all of those it has operated on Mars. The first one will be VIPER. Built to operate in the Moon’s coldest regions–the craters at the lunar South Pole which never get any...
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