by Gordon Roesler | Oct 5, 2019 | Blog
The online space journal Filling Space recently interviewed me to get my views on how robots might bring new capabilities to the space economy. Bottom line: this is going to happen, and the opportunities are nearly boundless. How will robots advance the space...
by Gordon Roesler | Oct 4, 2019 | News
A great summary of the current projects: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/how-nasa-will-grapple-and-refuel-a-satellite-in-low-earth-orbit It looks like DARPA’s RSGS and NASA’s Restore-L will both get to orbit in 2022. RSGS is headed...
by Gordon Roesler | Sep 5, 2019 | News
In late July, over 200 researchers, engineers and managers gathered in Laurel, Maryland, for the 2019 Lunar ISRU Workshop. ISRU stands for In-Situ Resource Utilization. In other words, the meeting was all about using what can be found on the Moon–to support...
by Gordon Roesler | Jul 25, 2019 | News
Some of the craters at the Moon’s poles are shallower than typical impact craters. It has just been suggested that the “fill” material could be largely water ice, as is true at Mercury: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-moon-thought.html Of course, the...
by Gordon Roesler | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog
Rovers have proved their usefulness on the Moon and Mars for the acquisition of scientific data, and their designs are mature. The initial stages of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon, such as resource prospecting and habitat site selection, will...
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