Andy Tomaswick
A New Industrial Megaproject Threatens the View of the World’s Best Observatories
Astronomers have been battling threats to their clear skies on all fronts lately. One of the most notable battles, which…
SLS Could Launch A Titan Balloon Mission
Few places in the solar system are better suited to a balloon than Titan. The combination of low gravity and…
How to Deploy and Talk To LEAVES on Venus
We reported before about a NIAC-funded project known as the Lofted Environment and Atmospheric Venues Sensors (LEAVES) mission to study…
A CubeSat Mission Will Detect X-rays from GRBs and Black-Hole Mergers
The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One of the key efforts…
Pushing A Probe To Alpha Centauri Using A Relativistic Electron Beam
Getting a spacecraft to another star is a monumental challenge. However, that doesn't stop people from working on it. The…
Student Team Designs 2U CubeSat with Big Ambitions
CubeSats can be used in many different scenarios, and one of their most important uses is providing an easy path…
Using an Oil Industry Framework to Map Space Resources
Cracking the chicken-and-egg problem of utilizing resources in space has been a difficult challenge for over half a century. Getting…
A Long-Term Lunar Infrastructure Hub Named After the Object That Created the Moon
Getting back to the Moon is the primary goal of NASA's Artemis program, but what do we do once we…
A New Mission Watches Meteoroids Hit the Far Side of the Moon
Sometimes, it's hard to remember that Earth is constantly being bombarded by literally tons of space debris daily. The larger…
Covering an Asteroid With Balls Could Characterize Its Interior
Exploring asteroids and other small bodies throughout the solar system has gotten increasingly popular, as their small gravity wells make…