The Space Monitor

For those of you who haven't heard about MIT's recent decision to host almost all of their class lessons online I am glad that you h...

(Note: this is a continuation of the The Space Colonization Series ) In terms of potential locations in the outer solar system, Saturn's...

"The earth is the cradle of humankind, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." This is the quote that I keep at the top of eve...

(Note: this is a continuation of the The Space Colonization Series ) I'll be honest; a colony on Mercury is out there--waaay out there. ...

UPDATE 1 (July 15, 2007):. Four articles have now been completed with Titan being the most recent. UPDATE 2 (July 15, 2007): from the sugge...

See original announcement of the successful Genesis II launch . Las Vegas, NV 06/28/07 – Bigelow Aerospace has established contact with its ...

Note: Information on Genesis II has been updated . Las Vegas, NV 06/28/07 – Genesis II, the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft by Big...

Inside of space jet cabin. Source: EADS.net It seems that Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic are going to have some serious direct competit...

(Note: this is a part of The Space Colonization Series ) The lunar regolith, or the powdery soil on the surface of the moon, is best known f...

I had never honestly considered this question before until I read the article " A Billion Tons of Nickel " by Chad Orzel (In case ...

Sorry about the formatting, I'll try to make it more readable later, when I have the time. [ UPDATE : I fixed the formatting. Hopefully ...

The technical and theoretical aspects of space and space travel are fascinating to me and most likely many others but, sometimes it's ni...

Hellish Venusian surface. Courtesy NASA.gov (Note: this is a part of The Space Colonization Series ) When space colonization is mentioned ma...