Fraser Cain
Why Build Big Rockets at All? It’s Time for Orbital Refueling
On Tuesday, July 30th, NASA announced 19 different partnerships with 13 different companies to use their expertise to help them…
Spacecraft Gyroscopes And Reaction Wheels. You Can Never Have Enough
It’s amazing to think there are telescopes up in space, right now, directing their gaze at distant objects for hours,…
One Year, Almost 1,000 Planetary Candidates. An Update On TESS
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope launched back in April, 2018. After a few months of testing, it was ready to…
What Are Light Echoes? Using Reflections Of Light To See Even Further Back In Time
When we look outward into space, we’re looking backwards in time. That’s because light moves, at the speed of light.…
How Habitable is Titan? NASA is Sending the Titan Dragonfly Helicopter to Find Out
There are few places in the Solar System which are as fascinating as Saturn’s moon Titan. It’s a world with…
Why Is The Moon’s South Pole So Important? It’s All About Water
As NASA prepares to return to the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, the agency is focusing…
Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2’s Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails?
Where you can travel in space depends on how much propellant you’ve got on board your rocket and how efficiently…
Searching For The Red Edge: How The Earth’s Forests Are Telling The Aliens Where We Live
People are always worried that alien civilizations will detect the transmissions from our old radio shows and television broadcasts, and…
Earth To Mars In 100 Days? The Power Of Nuclear Rockets
The Solar System is a really big place, and it takes forever to travel from world to world with traditional…
Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8SHAyHVZI This week I had a fantastic opportunity to interview one of my favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, the author…