Sentences with phrase «making space exploration»

But now, falling launch costs, improvements in technology and high levels of private funding are making space exploration another industry ripe for disruption.

Through active collaboration between research institutions, universities, private industry and citizens, Project Blue seeks to make space exploration a participatory, collective endeavor and inspire millions worldwide to engage in scientific inquiry.

The objective of this new motor is to make space exploration less expensive.

Solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and offer access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar system that are currently beyond our reach.

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Several other Silicon Valley start - ups, such as Planet Labs and Masten Space Systems, have been making headlines recently as they enter the space exploration market, an endeavor long associated with, and controlled by, the governSpace Systems, have been making headlines recently as they enter the space exploration market, an endeavor long associated with, and controlled by, the governspace exploration market, an endeavor long associated with, and controlled by, the government.

History was made both in life and death with such milestones as the passing of Steve Jobs (and the birth of his progeny, Siri) and the retirement of Canada's contribution to space exploration, the Canadarm.

Every now and then someone comes along and criticizes space exploration — and makes an ass of themselves in the process.

«It conducted six successive rendezvous and dockings with spacecraft Shenzhou - 8, Shenzhou - 9, and Shenzhou - 10 and completed all assigned missions, making important contributions to China's manned space exploration activities,» said a memo that China submitted in May 2017 to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Sspace exploration activities,» said a memo that China submitted in May 2017 to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer SpaceSpace.

But while Branson, Bezos and Musk have more than made their mark on the industry, they aren't the only ones who have been taking advantage of our fascination with space exploration.

It appears Musk is working hard to develop the infrastructure required to make private space exploration not just affordable, but profitable — and profit is essential for the private sector.

But the firm also made a big move into the natural gas space with its 2013 acquisition of Plains Exploration & Production Company.

Soft robots, made of a material that allows them to switch between hard and soft states so as to squeeze through small spaces, have the potential to assist with space explorations, break ground in the way surgeries are performed and complete certain rescue missions.

Blue Origin dabbling into Air Force missions is a slight aberration from its original goal of making it possible for space exploration to become an opportunity for tourism.

Musk, an entrepreneur who made hundreds of millions as co-founder of online payments service PayPal and whose current ventures include space exploration company SpaceX, makes a base salary of just $ 33,280 a year, according to the filing.

Looks fantastic and makes for great space exploration!

From space exploration to clean energy to medical technologies, Britain will remain at the forefront of collective endeavours to better understand, and make better, the world in which we live

In the past decade, DIYers (working either in small teams or collectively, via crowdsourcing) have made major contributions to fields like genetics, robotics, proteomics, autonomous vehicles, even space exploration — fields that were once the sole province of large corporations, universities, and governments.

Deep space exploration China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has heralded the repurposed probe, which has made China's space agency the third ever to visit a Lagrangian point.

«The goal for SpaceX, from its founding in 2002, has been to accelerate... space exploration, ultimately with the idea of a self - sustaining civilization on Mars and making humanity multiplanetary,» he said.

My advice to young people wanting to get into planetary exploration or any space field is to make use of undergraduate work experience opportunities such as co-op programs and similar programs.

«Our paper makes progress in one aspect of this problem,» said Krauss, a Foundation Professor in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics, and the director of the Origins Project at ASU.

But Bolden said that Obama believes in the importance of space exploration and will travel to Florida next week to speak with members of the space community and make his position clear.

The Pioneer 10 space probe — the farthest - traveling man - made object in the universe — came to the end of its mission this past year, after a quarter of a century of scientific exploration.

«From the heights of the space station, to the hospitals here on Earth, we are excited that this space technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space Agspace station, to the hospitals here on Earth, we are excited that this space technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space Agspace technology is making its way to better the lives of our families,» said Gilles Leclerc, director general of Space Exploration at the Canadian Space AgSpace Exploration at the Canadian Space AgSpace Agency.

I wish I could say I was thinking grand thoughts about what it all meant for the future of space exploration, but I was more concerned with making sure I didn't trip on my way out the door.

While private space companies were making their move, NASA began testing the J - 2X rocket engine, one of the powerhouses behind the agency's Space Launch System that could drive the next stage of manned space exploraspace companies were making their move, NASA began testing the J - 2X rocket engine, one of the powerhouses behind the agency's Space Launch System that could drive the next stage of manned space exploraSpace Launch System that could drive the next stage of manned space exploraspace exploration.

This research has also made use of the Exoplanet Follow - up Observation Program website, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.

This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.

A team of NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers involved in developing those craft offers a peek at them in «To the Moon and Beyond,» which makes up one half of this month's special report on the future of space exploration, beginning on page 62.

The same goes for Mars, making it expensive to launch missions there too — perhaps even prohibitively expensive if President Obama's review of NASA's human space exploration policy is to be believed.

The signing of the bill comes after the Trump Administration has made it clear that it wants NASA to stop focusing on climate research, and direct more energy outwards, towards space exploration efforts.

Space exploration will see a frenzy of activity during 2015 and over the next couple of years, a result of investments made in the 1990s and a slew of launches in the 2000s.

The U.S. government space agency first outlined the plan in 2010, after nearly four decades of robotic exploration on the Red Planet, and has since taken many steps to make NASA's Orion crew capsule and Space Launch System a plausible reaspace agency first outlined the plan in 2010, after nearly four decades of robotic exploration on the Red Planet, and has since taken many steps to make NASA's Orion crew capsule and Space Launch System a plausible reaSpace Launch System a plausible reality.

While some presidential candidates have hardly voiced their plans regarding space exploration, Sen. Cruz has been very been clear: he wants to make some major shifts in the industry.

Culberson said in a press release that SLS is «an opportunity to forge forward with Captain Cernan's vision to push the boundaries of human exploration» and the resolution will ensure that Cernan's «role in making America's space program the best in the world is never forgotten.»

While seedlings from Plant Gravity Perception will not wind up on astronauts» plates, their studied growth furthers our knowledge of perceptual thresholds and makes selecting appropriate garden greens likely to thrive in space easier for future long duration spaceflight, including exploration missions beyond low - Earth orbit.

And, «Developing nuclear - powered space shuttles will «support large - scale exploration and development of space resources, and make mining on asteroids and space solar power plants possible,» Xinhua quoted the report as saying, without adding further details.»

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These feature community learning spaces to help learners achieve, game - focused initiatives that make the library a laboratory for exploration, creation zones with requisite digital and 3 - D hardware for building things, and potentially endless opportunities to connect virtually with people worldwide.

This activity focuses on the history of space exploration, both human and robotic, and allows students to understand the progress made in terms of space travel over the past 70 years.

Spectacular photographs, an enthusiastic, informative text, and outstanding graphic design make this an awe - inspiring account of space travel and exploration.

You can learn all about the incredible history of Japanese space exploration and how to assemble spacecraft, making it one of the island's more unique attractions.

Atmospheric lightening and smooth music background make O&B Athens Boutique Hotel's common areas the best Athens hotel environment, a comforting space to relax during pauses from Athens exploration.

Further exploration was difficult since you can't fly into other empire's space at will, although Paradox have already stated that one of the first major updates they plan to do will make it possible to fly across borders by default with the option to close them.

The randomly - generated open - world space exploration game has made some huge promises over the past few years — and it won't be long until gamers know whether or not it'll live up to them.

There were plenty of other announcements made at The Game Awards, including trailers for a new King's Quest game, space exploration game Adr1ft, and a new game from Gone Home developer Fullbright, Tacoma.

They keep churning out personal spaces when they should be concentrating on making Home a more appealing place to visit and stay, more interactivity and exploration, more fun.

I think these were all attempts at making Mass Effect 2 more like Star Control 2 — a wonderful, 20 years old space exploration RPG where you needed to manage resources like fuel and your ship's upgrades to reach out to ever distant star systems in a search for valuable materials.

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Affordable Space Adventures stands out as one of the coolest games that very few people played: an indie sci - fi exploration title that made the gamepad into a Space Team - style engine room.