The road to the moon and beyond to Mars.

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

 

[rockershovel]

I saw a programme last night, sort of about Mars exploration. 

 

An outfit called HI SEAS have a "Mars simulation habitat" in Hawai'i and put a volunteer crew in it for a year. Yes, really. 

 

They seem to be funded at least in part by NASA

 

 

Edited April 25 by rockershovel

[Jeff Smith]

Starliner - maybe soon!

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/world/boeing-starliner-launch-spacex-delays-scn/index.html

[WessexEclectic]

On 16/03/2024 at 00:07, The Johnster said:

I am much entertained by the way that the elongated muskrat’s rocket fails catastrophically each time it is launched but gets a little further than the last disaster, yet each disaster is hailed as a brilliant success as if it it is what was intended.  This thing is a serial failure and clearly has deep and institutional problems, and will no doubt continue to be a spectacular spectator sport until somebody gets killed, at which point it will be a lot less fun.  

As yet, SpaceX has not put 3 astronauts in a space vehicle with a pure Oxygen atmosphere - unlike NASA...

[57xx]

2 hours ago, WessexEclectic said:

As yet, SpaceX has not put 3 astronauts in a space vehicle with a pure Oxygen atmosphere - unlike NASA...

 

And managed to take 44 astronauts to the ISS on the Dragon.