Sentences with phrase «of lunar colonies»

Cast against high - minded promises of lunar colonies and Mars missions, the space program — with all its current troubles — should make the answer to the following question seem pretty obvious.

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He projects that only 12 tons of initial assets on the Moon could build themselves out into 150 tons of equipment (close to the amount that has been deemed necessary for a lunar colony) using local resources.

Lunar colonies in sci - fi usually have medium to high levels of bulls — in their economics.

But space entrepreneurs are now attempting to capitalize on NASA's rekindled interest in lunar travel, coughing up a handful of proposals all leading to the commence of human colonies in our nearest neighbor in 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.

One of their flagship efforts is a lunar rover concept vehicle called Scarab, which may be the forebear to future generations of robots that will scour the moon for concentrations of hydrogen, water, and volatile chemicals that would be critical for supporting a lunar colony.

If actress Uma Thurman and I, both wearing sunglasses, meet for a private conversation over midmorning coffee, the news of our assignation will have saturated the globe and our lunar colonies by the time we — or she, more likely, given certain puzzling trends in my personal finances — has asked for the check.

As of now, the reason for the deposits is unknown, but the presence of oxygen in the lunar rock would make those sites attractive for future moon missions, even for human colonies, which could use the oxygen for breathing and as a rocket - fuel component.

Once they hit the lunar surface, they encounter an alien civilization that looks a heck of a lot like a colony of ants, complete with queen, soldiers, and busy little workers.

Brought back into the fold is protagonist Isaac Clarke, stuck hiding away on a lunar colony after the events of Dead Space 2 have transpired.

This opening sequence on the lunar colony serves as a bit more tutorial, as did the Prologue, and establishes the story that will drive the rest of the game.

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.

Horizon Lunar Colony is one of Overwatch's most talked about maps.

Earlier this week, the Overwatch Facebook and Twitter shared the following image of the Horizon Lunar Colony.

Blizzard Entertainment released preview video of Horizon Lunar Colony map, the latest Overwatch «s additional map shows us the first map that will take players off - world as part of the One Year Anniversary event.

Battle it out in the new stadiums, which are Battle Stadium, Sweet Sweet Kingdom, Dragon Palace, Lunar Colony and Urchin Underpass (from Splatoon), or returning arenas from past games — Wuhu Town from Mario Kart 7, Battle Course 1 from Super Mario Kart and Luigi's Mansion from Mario Kart Double Dash (one of my favourites from the series).

The winner of the Hugo Award in 1967, Heinlein's celebrated novel chronicles a Lunar city's revolution after years of serving as a penal colony for Earth.