Andy Tomaswick
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…
OKEANOS – A Mission That Would Have Retrurned Samples From the Trojan Asteroids
Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't…
SpIRIT CubeSat Demonstrates a Operational Gamma and X-Ray Detector
CubeSats are becoming more and more capable, and it seems like every month, another CubeSat is launched doing something new…
A New Mission To Pluto Could Answer the Questions Raised by New Horizons
Pluto may have been downgraded from full-planet status, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold a special place in scientist's…
A Screw-Driven Robot Could Autonomously Mine Rocky Worlds
Navigating the harsh terrain of other rocky worlds has consistently been challenging. The Free Spirit campaign unfortunately failed in its…
Scaling Propellant Production on Mars is Hard
Putting humans on Mars has been one of NASA's driving missions for years, but they are still in the early…
A Mission to Triton and Neptune Would Unlock Their Mysteries
A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space…
Launching Mass From the Moon Helped by Lunar Gravity Anomalies
Placing a mass driver on the Moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up…