Essays on Space Exploration

Since its conception, space exploration has captured the imaginations of many in a limitless frontier, where ingenuity is unbound and social barriers do not hinder humanity’s collective quest for knowledge; however, when considering the implications of space exploration, advocates must acknowledge the financial costs of...

We have a special feeling toward the other planets that circle our sun. Maybe it’s all the science fiction stories about visiting the moon, Mars and other planets. But we love to think about those planets that make up what we call “the solar system.”...

Humans, since the dawn of time, have been interested in what lies outside of Earth. People were curious what zero gravity would feel like, and what it would do to the human body. Valerie Neal, curator and chair of space history at the Smithsonian National...

How is 3D Printing being used in the Space Industry, and how will using it in Space be revolutionary for the technology? A company by the name of Planetary Resources developed a spacecraft in 2014 that was fully made utilizing 3D technology. The craft was...

Astronomical instruments help astronomers determine characteristics of distant objects in a number of different ways. Without the development of these tools, many astronomers would still be working on base ideas instead of working in the real data. This document explores the use of these tools...

Astronomers have found less than 2,000 pulsars, but there should be about a billion neutron stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. There are two reasons for this cause, and one of them is age. Most neutron stars are billions of years old, indicating they have...

How to generate 1 g Different combinations of the radius R of the structure and the angular velocity w can generate 1 g (9.81 m/s2) : g = w^2 . R If w is expressed in rpm (revolutions per minute), then 1 rpm means that...

One of the most interesting people on this planet is Elon Reeve Musk. Some of the few hats he wears are engineer, inventor, investor, and visionary. He went from co creating a software company, to designing forward thinking electric vehicles, to envisioning colonizing Mars with...

Spacecraft in the Outer Solar System versus Space Craft in the Inner Solar System. Spacecraft operating in the inner Solar System usually rely on the use of photovoltaic solar panels to generate electricity from sunlight. In the outer solar system, where the sunlight is too...

If you are a serious astronomy fanatic like a lot of us are, you can probably remember that one event in childhood that started you along this exciting hobby. It might have been that first time you looked through a telescope. But for many of...

Scientists believe the Universe began in a hot ‘big bang’ about 13,600 million years ago. The Universe continues to expand today. The evidence for the Big Bang theory includes the existence of a microwave background radiation, and red-shift. Stars do not remain the same, but...

On Wednesday morning, an exceptionally longwinded lunar occasion will assume control throughout the night sky: the “Super Blue Blood Moon.” Yes, truly. So, what does every one of those modifiers mean precisely? The short clarification is this is an obscuration of the full Moon that...

Since man first landed on the moon nearly five decades ago, humanity has made remarkable progress in space exploration. Ever since mankind ventured into space, many people have spent a lot of time in space and have conducted many experiments which help us understand our...

To explore the planet Venus has been always an interesting subject for mankind. Improving and understanding of Venus is very important. It is second planet from the Sun, It orbits sun at 224.7 days earth. Atmosphere of this planet is very challenging for any kind...

RUDRA ROBOTICS is working on Mars rovers and robotic arm from past 7 years. The team rudra Srm Robotics Rover looks for the best spot for collecting the soil sample and do the research and experimentation of the Martian soil for the moisture quantity, temperature...

Space explorations and the space industry, as a whole, in the US had been for a long time been solely associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency (NASA). However, in the recent years, private players and companies have entered into the industry after...

Abstract: Europa, a lunar sized ice-covered body has been fascinating geologist with its extreme surface features. From the past fly-by missions has provided us with high resolution SSI images revealing various surface features and units. This paper briefly reviews on the understanding of the surface...

A long time ago on Earth, before Adam and Eve, about 4000B. C. Mother nature had a mistake and gave birth to people called Athapoliens. They were human, but not created correctly and they were quickly thrown away into space. Little did they know, now...

Introduction My hero of all times and one who inspire me to set my aim to become an astronaut was “Neil Armstrong”. First man to the Moon. He said that “Pilots do not take any special joy in walking but Pilots like flying”. I love...

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” is one of the most iconic quotes in American history. NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Association, has a rich history including the Apollo 11 mission and its astronauts. Apollo 11, the first...

On July 20, 1969, Man took their first steps on the moon. This was an enormous triumph for NASA, but also the United States as a whole. It is a day in history that paved the way for many future space missions and discoveries, and...

Background The Space Race had created two strong space programs that would end up competing for space supremacy as a result of the intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both countries made great emphasis in their efforts to create a stronger...

We experiment and observe to find out the different characteristics that make up the universe. In order to do so, we must go over basic observation such as what it looks like, and how it interacts with other things around it, etc. These are the...

An invisible universe, an impossible substance holding the ever expanding universe together on wire thin strings, everything you can see, on Earth or in space, is almost totally dominated by one substance; dark matter. For over 50 years, scientists have been trying to comprehend this...

“What if there are other life forms living from the far-side of the universe other than us?” Humankind has been unceasing in trying to find an evidence of life outside our own shelter. Spearheaded by NASA, scientists have sent several expeditions to unseal mysteries that...

The issue ‘Is there life on other planets?” started since the start of the human obsession with the outer space, and is still waiting for a reply. The Catholic Church violently punished early astronomers seeking life on other planets. People have seen these astronomers as...

The question is in everyone’s mind. People all over the world devote their lives to figuring out the answer. Does alien life exist? There is proof of habitable areas in the solar system and ways to learn more about them, planets that meet some of...

The big bang theory is formerly known as one of the most accepted simulations of our world. The framework estimates the start of our world in some 13.8 billion years ago. This model says that in the start of all that our small world was...

These are the famous words spoken by Neil Alden Armstrong. Who was the first person in history to walk on the moon. He left earth on July 16, 1969 to embark on this extraordinary lunar mission. Neil had shown immense courage and bravery to venture...

Space exploration is a process spurred by human curiosity and the desire for knowledge to traverse the unknown. Other than that, exploring the unknown allows us to generate a greater understanding of the universe and solar system on a level that sanctions technological advances to...