Today, there is a new video interview of the lead researcher at Exodus Technologies who are making a radical new propellantless propulsion system. They claim they can produce over 1G of thrust for a lightweight device. IF this claim is true then they could make spaceships that could go to Mars in 5 days and …
Three months ago, Nextbigfuture covered Exodus Propulsion’s claim of a huge space propulsion breakthrough. They claim they can produce over 1G of thrust for a lightweight device. IF this claim is true then they could make spaceships that could go to Mars in 5 days and reach near light lightspeed in a year. They would …
SpaceX Starlink now has over 100 Starlink satellites with direct to cellphone capability in orbit. Each satellite can provide about 17 mbps direct to cellphone communication. This would enable about 10,000 simultaneous voice or low bandwidth data connections. It can also support millions of text messages and other short communications every few seconds. “> Brian …
SpaceX Starship will have its fifth orbital launch mission in 4 weeks and it will have the first actual booster catch attempt. If the booster catch is successful, then SpaceX Starship becomes about 80% reusable. Starship will become as reusable as the Falcon 9 when the booster is reliably recovered and reused. The Falcon 9 …
Discovery of natural few-layer graphene on the Moon They report the discovery and direct microscopy visualization of natural few-layer graphene in the CE-5 lunar soil samples, by utilizing a variety of characterization techniques. Graphene is embedded as individual flakes or formed as part of a carbon shell enclosing the mineral particles. The result reveals one …
The Chinese Tianlong-3 rocket ripped off parts of the rocket when it broke free of the test stand. It was supposed to be held in place in the test. The rocket was not complete without grid fins. There were pieces falling off when it broke free and the engines did not sound correct and there …
Amateur footage captured by Gongyi citizens and posted on Chinese social media shows Tianong-3, nine-engine test stage igniting and taking off. Hold-down clamps and other structures usually prevent takeoff during a firing test. The stage is seen climbing into the sky before halting, apparently with its engines shutting off, and falling to Earth. The stage …
Applied Physics unveils a new type of warp drive—a theoretical method of space travel that complies with general relativity and operates at a constant subluminal speed without requiring unphysical forms of matter. They have created the Warp Factory which is open source software for testing out Warp drive designs. Warp Factory is one of the …
NASA is creating plans and white papers to describe what they will need for lunar cargo movement in near term exploration and development plans. NASA has already defined a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and Pressurized Rover (PR) for crew transportation and with limited cargo mobility functions. There is planned near-term robotic missions. There is a …
SpaceX has launched over 1,000th Starlink satellites in 2024 alone. SpaceX now has over 6,600, providing high-speed internet to 79 countries worldwide. Most of the satellites are Version 2 Mini Starlinks with increased bandwidth. SpaceX has been deploying Direct-to-Cellphone Starlinks since January 2024. This will enable enabling global texting, calling, and browsing with existing unmodified …
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas. The single-award contract has a total potential value of $843 million. The launch service for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle will be a future procurement. …