Andy Tomaswick
A Commercial Tie-Up Bring High-Energy Nuclear Electric Propulsion Closer to Reality
Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on novel ones.…
A Cheap Satellite with Large Fuel Tank Could Scout For Interplanetary Missions
A spacecraft that can provide the propulsion necessary to reach other planets while also being reproducible, relatively light, and inexpensive…
A 3U CubeSat Could Collect Data During an Asteroid Flyby
One of the great things about CubeSat designs is that they constrain the engineers who design them. Constraints are a…
Could We Use An Asteroid to Shield Astronauts On Their Way to Mars?
Radiation is a primary concern for long-duration human spaceflight, such as the planned trips to Mars, which are the stated…
NASA Wants Students’ Help Designing Missions to Other Moons
One of NASA's primary missions is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers to join the STEM field.…
A New Reconfigurable Structure Could Be Used to Make Space Habitats
Even some fields that seem fully settled will occasionally have breakthrough ideas that have reverberated impacts on the rest of…
NASA Is Seeking Ideas for Rescuing an Astronaut from the Moon
Space exploration is a dangerous business, especially when squishy living organisms, such as humans, are involved. NASA has always prided…
A CubeSat Mission to Phobos Could Map Staging Bases for a Mars Landing
The moons of Mars are garnering increased attention, not only because they could provide a view of the solar system's…
How Much Are Asteroids Really Worth?
Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest…
An AI Chemist Made A Catalyst to Make Oxygen On Mars Using Local Materials
Breaking oxygen out of a water molecule is a relatively simple process, at least chemically. Even so, it does require…