Sentences with phrase «for human missions»

The issue is the sheer amount of gear required for a human mission.
The most recent version dates from 2015 and has a page of guidelines for human missions.
He argued that NASA is unlikely to get the money it needs to develop the Ares V, which is the more powerful of the two rockets, and is needed in NASA's current plan for human missions to the moon.
Assessing natural radiation levels both during the flight to Mars and on the Martian surface provides guidance for designing the protection needed for human missions to Mars.
Making space pay is justifiable, just not for a human mission...
The same dominant approach could be expected for human missions to the Moon and Mars, which NASA plans to propose to other states, but with clear American leadership in mind.
In other words, to provide a helping hand for the human mission, in space or on Earth.
The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a UNLV study predicting a dramatic increase in the disease for astronauts traveling to the red planet or on long - term missions outside the protection of Earth's magnetic field.
Such work could help develop ways to use asteroid material for construction or spaceship fuels, making the captured asteroid a stepping stone for human missions to larger asteroids and eventually to Mars.
Learning more about aerobraking could also be useful for human missions.
Utilizing the International Space Station, including international partnerships, is essential for human missions to deep space.
Instead, the asteroid initiative was designed to advance long - term human space exploration in a time when the budget doesn't exist for human missions to the Moon.
An artist's rendering of a deep space gateway that would orbit the moon and provide a launching point for human missions to Mars.
The four - day International Mars Society Convention brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political - economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.
That is why it is so important that we continue the mission of the Mars Society to promote planning of and advocacy for a human mission to the Red Planet.
HBO Vice, the network's award - winning news program, will broadcast a 15 - minute report about current planning for a human mission to Mars on Friday, July 1st at 11:00 pm EDT (8:00 pm PDT).
The applications for 3D printing in space are endless and could drive space exploration by allowing on - demand manufacturing of objects like tools and habitats needed for human missions, housing and laboratories could be built by robots using printed building blocks that take advantage of available soils and minerals and astronauts on long - duration space missions also could print and recycle tools as they are needed, saving mass, volume and resources.
«We've landed some really cool things on Mars and they've had some pretty remarkable power systems... but they're not going to cut it for human missions,» Mason said during last month's Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C.
Mars Society President Dr. Robert Zubrin will be visiting Russia from 28 May 28 - 3 June for a series of lectures and discussions [in English] on Mars exploration and planning for a human mission to the Red Planet.
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