Space Exploration
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China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test
Perspective:
Dr. Rowan Hale
China’s space program, striving to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, carried out a test flight of a new reusable booster and crew capsule late Tuesday (US time), and the results were spectacular.
The demonstration “marks a significant breakthrough in the development of China’s manned lunar exploration program,”
Sex in space is finally happening, moving from theory to urgent reality
Perspective:
Dr. Rowan Hale
As spaceflight shifts from rare government missions to something closer to routine travel and work, one awkward question is getting harder to ignore: what happens to human reproductive health away from Earth? A new report argues this isn’t sci-fi anymore – it’s “urgently practical,” especially as more people spend more and more time in space.
NASA has $700 million to spend on a Mars spacecraft
Perspective:
Kaia Flux
A consequential debate that has been simmering behind closed doors at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, must soon come to a head. It concerns the selection of the next spacecraft the agency will fly to Mars, and it could set the tone for the next decade of exploration of the red planet.
NASA considers evacuating ailing crew member from International Space Station
Perspective:
Dr. Rowan Hale
"The matter involved a single crew member who is stable," NASA said in a statement. Yet, some questions arrive. We can't just send an ambulance to space... Or can we?