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NASA burn off ignititers using hydrogen tested

NASA burn off ignititers using hydrogen tested

NASA is testing a new system that may improve safety and overall performance with some of their ignitions.  Here is more from the article: NASA has a certain “flare” when it comes to safety on the launch pad. Those flares are called hydrogen burn-off igniters — which resemble celebratory sparklers — and were successfully used

Have Aliens Used Black holes for Space Travel

Wow some scientists hypothesized that aliens may have harnessed black holes for space travel.  Here is an intro to the research: Has an advanced alien civilization built a black-hole-powered particle accelerator to study physics at “Planck-scale” energies? And if such a cosmic collider is lurking in a corner of the universe, could we detect it

Laser Cannon to Clean up Space Debris?

The game asteroids may become a reality and these scientists think a space laser may be necessary. If a team of astronomers has its way, the International Space Station will be outfitted with a spiffy laser-wielding telescope. No, no, hold on—it’s not to kill aliens or rebel civilizations. It’s to clean up a huge mess. If anything

NASA Holds a Contest to 3D Print a Space Habitat

How cool is this!  NASA is having a space oriented contest with a big prize!  Here is more about it: NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are holding a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey

Spacecraft Engine That Could Run on Aneurotic Nuclear Fusion

What is aneutronic fuel and could we use this for our own energy needs?  Here is an excerpt about the video: Here is some brief theory behind Aneutronic Fusion, a form of nuclear fusion which produces no harmful neutron radiation, eliminating the need for heavy shielding in energy plants and spacecraft engines. The reaction can

NASA Says Warp Drive Engine is Still Speculation

The NASA warp drive design stories have gotten a lot of discussion.  So much so that NASA felt compelled to comment and here is a bit more on the phenomenon: Despite the fevered reports rocketing around the Internet recently, NASA is not on the verge of developing a fuel-free, faster-than-light propulsion system, space agency officials

NASA Orion Pathfinder Spacecraft Gets It’s First Welding

If you are a space fan and follow NASA you are familiar with the Orion spacecraft.  Now, the Orion Pathfinder is really underway and here is more about it: On May 7, engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans began welding together the first pieces of the structure of the Orion crew module

Could Life Have Existed Near This Ancient Star?

The search for alien life or evidence of it existing in other areas of space is one of the most intriguing of the ages.  There have been many methods used to try to prove or disprove and this group seems to have some cool studies that would show evidence in the having existed camp: In

Do You Think Life Could Exist On Titan Now?

Some think it is possible.. The search for organisms on other planets often involves looking far outside of our solar system.  From the S.E.T.I. program which began in the 1970s to the search for exoplanets, many different approaches have been taken.  Perhaps though, life exists on other planets and moons in our solar system?  This

NASA and a New Way to Search for Extraterrestrials

Many have wondered if we have been visited by UFOs or if alien life actually exists.  Not everybody but most people seem to think that with billions of stars in a galaxy and billions of galaxies in the universe, odds are that we are not the only ones!  Here is an excerpt from NASA on

NASA Proves Time Travel Theory of Einstein

NASA has tested one of Einstein’s more interesting theories on time travel..and proved it.  Here is an excerpt from the study: Einstein was right again. There is a space-time vortex around Earth, and its shape precisely matches the predictions of Einstein’s theory of gravity. “The space-time around Earth appears to be distorted just as general

NASA Tests an Awesome Engine: The XRS-2200

NASA does it again and tests an awesome engine called the XRS-2200.  Here is more about it: This engine was designed to be modular and was going to power the long since cancelled X-33 Venture Star. I knew I had seen a video of this before but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Found it finally

NASA Tests Propulsion System Using Microwaves…It Worked

Apparently there is a new engine proposed for space travel and it defies the laws of physics, but somehow works?  Is this really possible? Well there are scientists from the United Kingdom as well as from China and now from NASA that says this new type of engine  requires no propellant and needs no sunlight.

NASA Unveils Design for Warp Drive Spacecraft

NASA and MIT as well as other institutions have proposed very interesting theories on how warp speed could be possible, and we have covered such ideas on the site.  Now, this video actually shows a proposed design for a warp drive spacefraft! NASA scientist Harold White has spent a long time examining the plausibility of

NASA Discusses the Real Possibility of Warp Speed

Alpha Centauri is one of the closest stars to us at 4.37 lightyears away.  Here is a bit more on it from wikipedia: Its component stars are named Alpha Centauri A (α Cen A), with 110% of the mass and 151.9% the luminosity of the Sun, and Alpha Centauri B (α Cen B), at 90.7%

Guy Claims to Send Binary Code Back Through Time?

Ah time travel, we seem to be going into the future but what about going waaaay into the future?  or how about going back in time like in Back to the Future?  This gentleman claims to know how to go back in time, or at least send binary code into years past.  Here is a

They Want to use Lasers to Blast Space Stuff

Lasers + space = Awesomeness!  Well finally scientists are planning to build a real-life version of asteroids to pretty much blast space stuff.  Here is an excerpt from the article: To combat the increasingly dense layer of dead satellites and miscellaneous space debris that are enshrouding our planet, no idea — nets, lassos, even ballistic

Is This the World’s First Time Machine?

The world’s first time machine??  That is an extremely strong statement and is indeed being claimed by the title of this video.  That being said our curiosity is piqued.  The intro text to the video says: Time travel is one of mankind’s favorite fantasies. But what if it were possible to build a real time

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