Carnival Of Space

Carnival of Space #297

Published April 16, 2013

Welcome to another installment of The Carnival of Space! Here’s some highlights of space and astronomy news from the past week. We’ve got great stories on Asteroid missions, Mars exploration, comet ISON, and more!

First off, Mark Whittington at Yahoo has coverage on a NASA-Funded fusion rocket, and how the Russians plan to return to the moon while NASA “leads from behind. Read more here , and here.

Mark also shares with us, via The Examiner, two great articles on NASA’s planned asteroid mission. The first, is confirmation by Senator Nelson of said mission at: http://www.examiner.com/article/senator-nelson-confirms-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission?cid=db_articles, and the other is some thoughts on the mission by a planetary geologist at: http://www.examiner.com/article/nasa-asteroid-capture-scheme-criticized-by-planetary-geologist?cid=db_articles

Nextbigfuture predicted that there would be a permanent base established on Mars by 2037. Read a full analysis of when a human mission to Mars might actually happen at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/predictions-for-manned-landing-on-mars.html

Also from Nextbigfuture are prediction on when we can expect a human base on Mars and fusion power for energy generation and space propulsion. Learn more at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/what-will-happen-far-sooner-than-others.html#more

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Carnival of Space #295

Published April 3, 2013

Carnival of Space

Carnival of Space #295 is hosted by Aartscope Blog!

This edition features great articles about:

A new Supernova in M65
Neutron Stars
More LPSC news!
Nuclear spaceship propulsion
Astronomer profiles
More updates on water on Mars, planetariums, and more!

Check it out at:

http://www.aartscope.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/carnival-of-space-295.html

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Carnival of Space #294

Published March 26, 2013

Welcome to another installment of The Carnival of Space! Here’s some highlights of space and astronomy news from the past week. We’ve got great stories on NASA, SpaceX, Supernovas, updates from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and more!

First off, Universe Today discusses NASA cancelling Education and Public Outreach efforts due to budget sequestration. Read more at: http://www.universetoday.com/100949/sequester-cancels-nasa-outreach/

Next up from Everyday Spacer is information on how girls ages 9-18 can win a trip to space camp! Check it out at: http://spacer.pamhoffman.com/tell-a-girl-about-a-contest-to-space-camp/

Amy Shira Teitel gives us our regular fix of space history with a great write-up on how the U.S government placed a Redstone rocket at New York’s Grand Central Station. Get your space history fix at: http://amyshirateitel.com/2013/03/24/the-redstone-in-grand-central-station/

Next up is a trio of great stories from Next Big Future. First, The Spacex Merlin 1D has been space qualified and it will improve the Spacex Falcon 9 v1.1 to launch 25% more mass. Read up on this at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/upgraded-spacex-falcon-911-will-launch.html. Secondly, Next Big Future has an interview from the Fall of 2012 with John Slough on his Direct Fusion Rocket project. Check it out at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/fall-2012-interview-with-john-slough-on.html. Lastly, Check out all of the videos from the NASA innovative advanced concepts spring symposium at: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts.html

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