Space Port with Orbital Tether
Orbital Tethers Catch and Release Shave precious delta-V off the cost to orbit Why Orbiting Tethers• Orbiting tethers: long tethers making one revolution per orbit, with the same end pointing…
Orbital Tethers Catch and Release Shave precious delta-V off the cost to orbit Why Orbiting Tethers• Orbiting tethers: long tethers making one revolution per orbit, with the same end pointing…
AI and Knowledge “Knowledge is overrated, William. What’s required is diligence and the service of a willing spirit.” - Tom Nuttall to his son in the HBO Television Drama:…
The Firstborn ObligationIf we are alone, then what we choose now matters not just for us, but for the future history of the universe. Whether intelligence becomes a brief, tragic…
https://youtu.be/1a7GVSjk3uU?si=3M4a5MhsSntFNJIn In 2025, Compton Woodley Airport paid tribute to Hildreth “Hal” Walker Jr., a distinguished laser scientist and space technology pioneer, during its Air and Space Fair. The airport presented…
Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a 33-year-old paraplegic aerospace engineer from Germany, made history by becoming the first wheelchair user to travel to space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight. Benthaus, who was paralyzed…
Here's the new location of the chapter resources page which is now on the NSS Website And here's the look of the top of the page. Click the image to…
High-energy rechargeable batteries seemed impossible, until we made them. https://youtu.be/AGglJehON5g?si=Dsztg73Kua744KS7
This video describes a build of an Arduino Camera Device that takes stop motion videos. This is part of the Sacramento Balloon Device Project to fly and Arduino device on…
Using an Arduino Nano controller, here's how to connect an Arduino compatible ArduCam, and an SD Card to capture an correctly formatted jpeg image that can be displayed on a…
ABSTRACT Spacecraft propulsion by reflection of beamed particles or photons represents a highly efficient means of achieving high velocities for interstellar spacecraft because the reaction mass and energy source do…