Category Archives: Asteroids

Naked Asteroid Streaks By Earth: We Never Saw it Coming

Posted on 12 May, 2020 by alfin2101

It’s Always the Apocalypse You Don’t See Coming On Monday of this week, the asteroid 2020 JJ flew less than 5,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean, well inside the orbits of many artificial satellites — but still far above the … Continue reading →

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SpaceX: Mission to Mars, Earth, Luna — and Beyond

Posted on 1 October, 2019 by alfin2101

Elon Musk has one good company — SpaceX. The company has proven that it can provide reliable and economical space launch for most modern uses of space, from satellite launches to space station resupply. But Musk is introducing new goals … Continue reading →

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More Than All the Money In the World

Posted on 16 August, 2019 by alfin2101

The Danger is Real Asteroids represent both threat and promise. A large enough asteroid could destroy human civilisation. But it could also represent unimaginable wealth in base metals, diamonds, platinum, and gold. Much rests upon whether humans can prepare themselves … Continue reading →

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Americans Plan to Populate Space with Billions of People

Posted on 19 October, 2018 by alfin2101

First you must develop reliable and affordable ways to reach outer space. Then you must find ways to make activity in space profitable. Then you must put skilled and resourceful human beings in space to provide vision and oversight for … Continue reading →

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Rich Romp to the Stars: Fueling the $Trillion Space Economy

Posted on 26 June, 2018 by alfin2101

Trillions, High and Low The transition from a $hundreds of billions space economy to a $trillions space economy may be quicker than anyone thought. Cheap access to space opens all kinds of doors which were expected to stay closed for … Continue reading →

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Bringing Outer Space Within Man’s Grasp

Posted on 18 February, 2018 by alfin2101

… a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for? __ Robert Browning … Falcon Heavy flights cost $90 million per launch, which is a fraction of the $300 million to $500 million per launch charged by … Continue reading →

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Living in Deep Space: Growing Living Space Colonies

Posted on 17 May, 2016 by alfin2101

NASA has funded an approach to robot construction of a “growable” space habitat. Such construction is meant to be scaled from habitat scale up to larger colony scales. Deep Space: Scalable Habitats for Long Distance Space Travel or for Distant … Continue reading →

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Space News

Posted on 17 January, 2016 by alfin2101

Update: SpaceX Launches Satellite Successfully; Barge Landing of Stage 1 Booster a Spectacular Failure One can learn much more from failures, than from successes. SpaceX put a lot of effort into its rocket boosters to achieve successful space launch. If … Continue reading →

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Heaven Is A Long-Shot Gamble Part II

Posted on 1 January, 2016 by alfin2101

According to the KISS study, the cost for a future mission to identify and return a 500 ton asteroid to low earth orbit is ~$2.6 billion USD, ignoring the costs to develop the infrastructure necessary to process the materials in … Continue reading →

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Weak Global Economy to Suppress Oil Prices Through 2016

Posted on 9 December, 2015 by alfin2101

Oil Production Outstrips Weak Global Demand The International Energy Agency (IEA) November report offers no hope for an oil-price recovery any time soon. Over-supply and weak demand for oil will dominate through 2016. … The IEA and EIA reports taken … Continue reading →

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10,000 Found, Millions More to Go: Death From Above

Posted on 10 May, 2014 by alfin2101

Is it safe? Of the millions of asteroids that routinely fly by Earth, astronomers have so far detected only 10,000. __ Source The chances are, we will not see it coming until it is right on top of us. “This … Continue reading →

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