Solar satellites – good green energy source?
With gas prices on the rise, the race is on for cheap alternative fuel sources, including solar power. The major criticisms against solar power facilities, such as wind farms, are unreliability and
Archive for the space Category
May 16, 2010 / space
Last space mission for Atlantis
The launch was the last scheduled for Atlantis, and the third-to-last for the shuttle program. NASA is retiring the shuttle fleet, which began flying in 1981, due to cost and safety issues. Atla
April 11, 2010 / space
Sun warming causes comet’s eruption
Three years ago, in 2007, the comet named Hoimes (17P) exploded with a blast that can be compared to a small nuclear bomb. It wouldn’t be so weird and mysterious if that eruption didn’t come from
February 18, 2010 / space
Space, the final frontier
While it was just a TV show, that little speech at the beginning of the original Star Trek show really did do a good job of capturing our feelings about space. It is those feelings that drive our
February 15, 2010 / space
Private rockets take off
Last jully, the private space industry started it's own journey. Falcon 1 (on the picture), a rocket developed by SpaceX, private company delivered a Malaysian satellite into orbit. That was rocket'
