Space Path Ahead

07/26/2017

worth a look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VivjwbRGMhQ

Space BASE LOAD electricity John VOrnle v.H. has an interesting idea... let's assume that there is a NEW economic continent waiting for us to discover. to se...

07/26/2017

Listen to a discussion of a SPACE PATH AHEAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydB_tA8xrco

John Vornle talked with Tony Hyde

05/30/2017

the grandchildren of a child born today will be on a spaceship or some sort of vehicle that will use neutron stars for navigation. wow. http://www.space.com/36981-neutron-stars-what-are-they-how-will-nicer-study-them-video.html amazing 4 minute video

When a star roughly 20 to 30 times the mass of our Sun explodes it leaves behind a neutron star. Learn more about it and how NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) will study them.

04/15/2017

A new technique could allow the first humans on Mars to 3D print everything from tools to temporary housing out of a tough rubber-like material — using only Martian dust.

The method could enable the first humans who set foot on the Red Planet to print the tools and housing they need to survive without having to lug all the supplies aboard their spaceship.

"For places like other planets and moons, where resources are limited, people would need to use what is available on that planet in order to live," Ramille Shah, a materials scientist at Northwestern University in Illinois, said in a statement. "Our 3D paints really open up the ability to print different functional or structural objects to make habitats beyond Earth." [Sending Humans to Mars: 8 Steps to Red Planet Colonization]

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Any trip to Mars would require spaceships big enough to carry much more fuel and supplies than past spacecraft could, but care packages from Mother Earth won't be enough for humans to make it on an alien planet. Almost all schemes for colonizing the Red Planet (or for colonizing the moon) require that at least some of the supplies for the expeditions come from the local environment.

One step toward that goal would be to develop a supertool that could be used to quickly manufacture any other desired tool or object, using local resources. To that end, Shah and her colleagues wanted to see what could be made with some of the most abundant material on Mars and the moon: dust. The researchers used simulated dusts based on real lunar and Martian samples. The synthetic dust contains mixtures of aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, iron oxide and other compounds. The hard particles simulating the lunar surface often have jagged, sharp edges, while Martian simulated dust is made up of rounder, less irregular particles, according to the researchers.

The team developed a process that combines simulated lunar and Martian dust with solvents and a biopolymer to create these extraterrestrial inks. The inks were then 3D printed into different shapes using an extruder. In the end, the objects — which were composed of about 90 percent dust — were tough and flexible, and could withstand the rolling, cutting and folding needed to print almost any 3D shape, Shah and her colleagues reported online March 20 in the journal Scientific Reports.

"We even 3D-printed interlocking bricks, similar to Legos, that can be used as building blocks," Shah said.

While rubbery materials could have their uses, as a next step, Shah and her colleague David Dunand, a materials scientist at Northwestern University, are now trying to figure out ways to heat these rubbery polymers so they harden like ceramics. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE

http://www.livescience.com/58695-3d-inks-made-from-martian-dust.html?utm_source=notification

A new method could allow the first explorers of Mars to 3D print their own tools or housing on the Red Planet, using only local rocks.

04/02/2017

John Vornle anticipated a private venture like this in 2012

01/26/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9tDdQ7EIkU spread the word

Electricity from Space. Solar power, when collected on Earth, is not available at night. Let's put the collector up in orbit! Energy is collected and beamed ...

10/24/2016

listen to John Vornle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80v9NQWghSM

Here is the approximate text of John Vornle's statement. A message of hope for the world economy Space Path Ahead SpacePathAhead .com We represent reti...

04/13/2016

http://interestingthingsatourschool.blogspot.com/2016/04/lesson-plan-for-yuri-milner-space-chip.html lesson plan

04/13/2016

Lesson Plan..

find an article about "yuri milner space chip alpha centauri"

print this poster and the article.

Ask students to calculate how long it will take a space chip to travel to Alpha Centauri if the chip travels at 37,000 miles per second (1/5 of the speed of light)...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zx06QqZN5gKCDI8kwQC7WmT2QHJPkY08GM13qf4RCn0/edit?usp=sharing

Science In the News How far is it to the nearest star? How long does it take for light to travel from the star? __ years x ⅕ = 4 light-years The chip travels at ⅕ of the speed of light... If a small “Star Chip” travels at ⅕ of the speed of light, how many years will it take to reach the star ...

08/07/2012

Suggestion: visit http://www.SolarHigh.org and learn more about why we should get electricity from space

An advisory group of senior level technologists and policy analysts for space based solar power (SBSP).

08/07/2012

These images give some idea about the project

08/07/2012

John Vornle describes the "New Economic Continent" -- a concept that he promotes in connection with building electricity generators in orbit.