Sentences with phrase «of lunar base»

«This will enable the creation of a lunar base.

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Based on the calculations we've done, we can actually do lunar surface missions, with no propellant production on the surface of the moon.

By setting up deals in which Lunar would receive equity - based compensation from its clients, the founders could tap into «the power of the multiple» — the ability to turn what might have been simply a fee - for - service payment into an equity stake worth much more in the long run.

One of the big limiting factors in plaguing future space missions is lifting off from Earth with all the supplies, fuel, spacecraft and equipment humans would need to establish a permanent lunar base or field a Mars mission.

A key hurdle for any lengthy human mission on the surface of a planet or moon, as opposed to NASA's six short lunar surface visits from 1969 to 1972, is possessing a power source strong enough to meet the various energy needs to sustain a base but small and light enough to allow for transport through space.

While dreams of moon - bases and lunar colonies may have been ignited by the success of Apollo 11, our sole reliance on the government to forge our future in space has, unfortunately, left many disappointed with the pace of progress.

While Musk and SpaceX may eagerly anticipate the creation of a lunar outpost and Moon - based economy, the company is keeping its sights on the Red Planet for the time being.

The lunar calendar, based on a much shorter month, does not coincide with the seasons, and is thus more suited to an urban lifestyle of purchase, profit and power.

Since the Jewish calendar is lunar based, every year the first day of Hanukkah falls on a different day — usually sometime between late November and late December.

Tiger Beer, a brand of Five Points Trading Co., a company of White Plains, N.Y. - based Heineken USA, announced that it is uncaging celebrations in 2018 for the Lunar New Year through retail and on - premise programming and artwork that celebrates the Year of the Dog.

Walton, who has flown to Egypt to attend a Grateful Dead concert at the base of the Great Pyramid during a lunar eclipse, points to the flat rock.

This experiment was just one part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), the only comprehensive set of moon - based studies humans have ever conducted.

Earth - based observers had trouble seeing the ejecta, because the densest part of the debris cloud flew low across the lunar surface and was hidden by a high ridge.

Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues have published comprehensive findings on space - based radiation as measured by a UNH - led detector aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

If the base were built at the lunar equator, it would be in darkness for half of every month.

For the new study, the researchers used an extremely precise laser - based method to measure oxygen isotopes in a range of Earth rocks, meteorites and three lunar samples gathered by the Apollo astronauts.

In the weeks since, NASA officials have started sketching out how that effort might unfold — from a series of small commercial landers, to larger NASA landers, to a multinational space station near the Moon that could serve as a base for robots and astronauts travelling to the lunar surface.

Or in October, when NASA officially opened its second permanent lunar base with a live BrainSync between honorary Moon President Neil deGrasse Tyson and a select group of fans who won the chance to access portions of his long - term memory through a QuantumWeb sweepstakes?

By coincidence, the south polar region of the moon - a 1,500 - mile - wide depression known as the Aitken Basin - is where the first permanent lunar base is most likely to be built.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's visionary plan slates an independent manned space mission and establishment of an international lunar base by 2025.

This research has proven for the first time that the deepest part of the lunar mantle is soft, based upon the agreement between observation results and the theoretical calculations.

«If nothing changed on the moon — if there were no lunar body tide or if its tide were completely static — then every time scientists measured the surface height at a particular location, they would get the same value,» said Mike Barker, a Sigma Space Corporation scientist based at Goddard and co-author of the new study, which is available online in Geophysical Research Letters.

Although lunar - resonant orbits were first discussed in the early 1990s, TESS's particular trajectory was based on the original work of Goddard contractors Daniel McGiffin and Michael Matthews, both from the Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham - Seabrook, Md., and Goddard engineer Steven Cooley.

Lunar Industries seems to have outfitted their base with enough supplies — and spare Sams — for many decades of work.

A new terrestrial bombardment model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data sheds light on the role asteroid bombardments played in the geological evolution of the uppermost layers of the Hadean Earth (approximately 4 to 4.5 billion years ago).

Based on an extensive collection of lunar and terrestrial samples, a new study probing the elusive origins of the Moon — now typically thought to have formed from a collision between a proto - Earth and a solid impactor — supports theories of a collision with extremely high energy.

The so - called Metonic cycle is based on the near equivalence of 235 lunar months to 19 solar years.

The earliest definitions of time and time - interval quantities were based on observed astronomical phenomena, such as apparent solar or lunar time, and as such, time as measured by clocks, and frequency, as measured by devices were derived quantities.

Explanations of modern rocketry are remarkably readable, and there are even tips for space - bound entrepreneurs on lunar - base placement and space suit redesign.

«But over time the making money part really dwindled, and it's become a mission,» a way to change the global standard of living with ubiquitous energy and access to resources such as raw minerals from asteroids, helium - 3 from the moon, or oxygen, water and other lunar materials for space - or Mars - based habitats.

Along with rumours of a hovering lunar base, there are reports that the agency is considering a proposal to capture an asteroid and drag it into the moon's orbit.

Well into its fifth year, NASA's Curiosity rover has now shot more than 500 movies of the clouds above it, including the first ground - based view of martian clouds shaped by gravity waves, researchers reported this week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

Based on the present preliminary data, the researchers estimate that anywhere from 11 to 330 million tons of frozen water are mixed in the lunar soil, or regolith.

A new study based on more than two billion laser readings taken as LRO cruised through its orbit has provided what may be the most complete accounting of lunar craters yet.

Debra Needham and David Kring at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, have calculated these emissions based on the estimated volumes of the lava flows.

«What we're doing is a proof of concept: that this can be done, and for less than the government would pay for the same kind of mission,» says Fred Bourgeois, head of Team Frednet, a Lunar X Prize competitor based in California.

Another potential space - based alternative energy source is atomic fusion using helium - 3, an element rare on Earth, yet abundant on the lunar surface and in the atmospheres of the gas giants.

«Deposition of metal films on an ionic liquid as a basis for a lunar telescope,» by Borra, Ermanno F.; Seddiki, Omar; Angel, Roger; Eisenstein, Daniel; Hickson, Paul; Seddon, Kenneth R.; Worden, Simon P. Nature.

The use of robotics and advanced SEP technologies like this concept of an SEP - based spacecraft during a NASA mission to find, rendezvous, capture and relocate an asteroid to a stable point in the lunar vicinity offers more mission flexibility than would be possible if a crewed mission went all the way to the asteroid.

The «Groovy Galilean Satellites» session at last week's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) covered the moons from a wide range of angles: analysis of past mission data, testable hypotheses for future missions, and discussion of the use of ground - based data.

University of Notre Dame planetary geologist Clive Neal says that a lunar base would be invaluable for studying the effects of reduced gravity on astronauts» health.

That means that the dosage of each ingredient in LUNAR is based on published scientific research proving its benefits, not the restrictions of razor - thin production budgets or gluttonous profit margins.

Explore the feminine, lunar, and passive energy of this chakra by performing the chair pose on a regular basis.

Unlike the American New Year, which starts on the first day of January, the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and the winter solstice, and falls later than the Western New Year.

The debut feature from director Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son), Moon is the story of Sam Bell, the sole employee on a lunar energy base.

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He developed the system of artificial intelligence based on neurospheres, which was recreated during his experiments with lunar type soil.

Time Carnage is the second wave - based PSVR shooter I've reviewed this week, having done Lunar Stone: Origin of Blood just the other day.

They include new tracks, like the space - based Lunar Colony, and adaptations of old courses, like Luigi's Mansion from the Gamecube or the classic Battle Course 1 from the Super Nintendo.

Sarah Morris's print Total Lunar Eclipse is a beautiful example of the artist's complex geometric abstractions based on the architecture and atmosphere of urban environments.