The researchers have developed an origami-inspired, folded plastic fuel bladder that doesn’t crack at super cold temperatures and could someday be used to store and pump fuel. Credit: WSU
Washington State University researchers have used the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to possibly solve a key challenge for outer space travel – how to store and move fuel to rocket engines.
The researchers have developed an origami-inspired, folded plastic fuel bladder that doesn’t crack at super cold temperatures and could someday be used to store and pump fuel. Led by graduate student Kjell Westra and Jake Leachman, associate professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the researchers have published their work in the journal Cryogenics .
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Algae used as superfood for space travel | News | hometownnewsbrevard.com
BREVARD COUNTY – Algae is often an unwelcome sign in Florida. Harmful algae blooms are a persistent cause of harm to the state's ecosystem, but not all algae is considered destructive.
Dr. Mark Settles, UF/IFAS horticultural science professor, is taking part in research designed to grow spirulina, a type of algae that hopes to provide food for long term space travel.
"There were places where the indigenous people had trouble getting enough protein. This is a nontoxic algae that is very high in protein, it's photosynthetic and most of the nutrition value is protein," Dr. Settles said. "On top of that, because it's a cyanobacteria and it doesn't really have a wall it's going to have a fair number of antioxidants and other things that protect it."
Hibernating lemurs may be the key to cryogenic sleep for human space travel | Astronomy.com
Space is unforgiving. In this freezing void of darkness there is no oxygen, no gravity and no protection against the constant shower of cosmic radiation. Humans have evolved under a constant gravitational pull — so when you put people into space, strange and dangerous things happen to their bodies.
However, scientists and engineers working with astronauts on the International Space Station have innovated and continue to address these problems. For example, we know that spaceflight leads to loss of muscle and bone density , since our bones and muscles do not need to work against the pull of gravity to move us around.
Astronaut Tom Marshburn '82 to Pilot SpaceX Mission to International Space Station | Davidson
This will be Marshburn's third visit to the space station and his second long-duration mission.
Astronaut Tom Marshburn '82 will share stories and insights from his training over the next year with Davidson.edu readers as he prepares for his third trip to the International Space Station. This is the first of those reports.
Only three types of crewed vehicles have traveled to the International Space Station. If all goes as planned by next fall, Tom Marshburn will have flown in all three. He will take on the role of pilot, second-in-command, for the first time in the scheduled September 2021 flight aboard a brand new SpaceX Dragon capsule.
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A newfound "celestial autobahn" could lead to faster space travel in the future |
These are questions that various astronomers are continuously working to better answer, and according to a recent study published in Science Advances a novel network of these manifolds has been detected extending from the asteroid belt to Uranus and beyond. Together, the structure of these manifolds can be seen as a "celestial autobahn" in our solar system.
"The novelty here is that we observed the global structure of such manifolds, in terms of their domain in the Solar system," Todorović explained. "We observed that manifolds generated by Jupiter are stretching to the outer border of the Solar system, beyond Neptune."
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Magdrive secures seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars –
A startup with a new type of spacecraft propulsion system could make the interplanetary travel seen in “Star Trek” a reality. Magdrive has just closed a £1.4 million seed round led by Founders Fund, an early investor in SpaceX, backed by Luminous Ventures, 7percent Ventures and Entrepreneur First.
Existing electrical solutions are very efficient but have very low thrust. Chemical thrusters have high thrust but lack efficiency and are hazardous and expensive to handle. Magdrive says its engine can deliver both high thrust and high efficiency in one system.
SpaceX could teleport information using quantum tech for space travel | TweakTown
It looks like the future of space communications could be quantum computing-based for SpaceX, with investment bank Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jones teasing a potential future of quantum-based space comms.
The fresh perspective from Jones comes right on the heels of NASA researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) successfully teleported quantum information over 27 miles (44km). The test was important, as researchers successfully demonstrated that quantum technology worked with existing telecommunications systems.
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