by Gordon Roesler | Mar 4, 2020 | News
The online journal Robotics and Automation News has just published their article “Space robotics market to boldly go beyond $3 billion by 2025.” You can view it here: Space robotics market to boldly go beyond $3 billion by 2025 The article is a great...
by Gordon Roesler | Mar 1, 2020 | Blog
When we send satellites to orbit today, they are completely on their own. We never inspect them, maintain them, repair them, or upgrade them. When they run out of fuel, we throw them away. That model has just changed. Northrop Grumman has created what they call the...
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 10, 2020 | News
Robots can do a lot of useful things in space. But to make them even more useful, there needs to be a cheap, convenient way of getting things TO the robots: modules, spare parts, tools, propellant. The Defense Innovation Unit, a small agency inside DoD, has just asked...
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 9, 2020 | Blog
Staying on the lunar surface for extended periods exposes astronauts to significant danger. They need to be protected from high radiation events like solar storms. Stays of a few days are likely to be safe, but the longer the stay, the greater the danger. The habitat...
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 1, 2020 | News
The world is demanding more and more data every year. Communications are a growth area. The growth in Internet bandwidth has been over 20% per year, 26% recently. That’s a tripling of data rate every 5 years. Every type of communications system is going to be...
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