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April 10th, 2013 | 
Author: On Friday, April 5, NASA announced a new mission to aid in the search for potentially habitable worlds.
Artist’s rendering of TESS in orbit. (Credit: Chet Beals/MIT Lincoln Lab)
Forbes reports that NASA is granting MIT 0 million to fund the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The primary mission of TESS is to identify planets in the habitable zone of their parent stars–that just right distance from the sun where liquid water can exist on the planet.
NASA explains that TESS will do this by using “an array of telescopes to perform an all-sky survey to discover transiting exoplanets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants, in orbit around the nearest and brightest stars in the sky.” This process, known as the transit method, is used by NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. But as George Ricker, a senior research scientist at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and principle investigator on the TESS project, explains, “TESS will carry out the first-ever spaceborne all-sky transit survey, covering 400 times as much sky as any previous mission.”
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SETI announces naming contest for Pluto's moons
Bay News 9 Want to name Pluto's two tiniest moons? Then you'll need to dig deep into mythology. Astronomers with the SETI Institute announced a contest Monday to name the two itty-bitty moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years. Three Pluto moons already … |
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On Tuesday, January 8, Mars One announced base requirements for its upcoming Astronaut Selection Program.
Mars One, a private, non-profit space company made headlines in June 2012 when the company announced its mission to “establish a human settlement on Mars through the integration of existing, readily available technologies from industry leaders world-wide.” Although other companies have plans to colonize the red planet, Mars One is the only one so far with plans to finance its objective by making the entire process an interactive reality show. The global audience will reportedly have the opportunity to be involved in the Mars One mission from the very beginning by participating in selecting the colonists.
Announcing the astronaut qualifications, the company explains:
Artist’s rendition of human settlements on Mars. (Credit: Mars One)
Unique to all other space exploration endeavors before it, Mars One is opening the astronaut program to anyone on planet Earth that meets the base criteria. It is not necessary to have military training nor experience in flying aircraft nor even a science degree. It is most important that each applicant be intelligent, in good mental and physical health, and be willing to dedicate eight years to training and learning before making the journey to his or her new home on Mars.
Mars One lists “Five Key Characteristics of an Astronaut” in the requirements, and they are: Resiliency, Adaptability, Curiosity, Ability to Trust, and Creativity/Resourcefulness. Applicants ages eighteen and older from any country are welcome to apply when the company starts the selection process, which will reportedly begin sometime within the first half of 2013. Interestingly, the company states it is “not seeking specific skill sets such as medical doctors, pilots or geologists.” That is because candidates will receive a minimum of eight years of training by Mars One. The company plainly states, “All skills required on Mars will be learned while in training.”
If you are interested in applying to be a Mars One colonist, watch the company’s website for announcements regarding the Astronaut Application Program. But keep in mind, the selected astronauts are going on a one-way trip, and will become permanent residents of Mars.
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Kepler Mission Announces 461 New Planet Candidates, Two in Habitable Zone
SETI Institute Since the last Kepler catalog was released in February 2012, the number of candidates discovered in the Kepler data has increased by 20 percent and now totals 2,740 potential planets orbiting 2,036 stars. Based on observations conducted May 2009 to … NASA Finds 461 Alien Planet Candidates, Some Possibly Habitable |
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A new company has officially entered the modern-day space race. On Thursday, December 6, the Golden Spike Company announced that it plans to provide shuttle service to the Moon.
Unlike space tourism companies like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, Golden Spike is targeting commercial clients, specifically governments. As Wired.com explains, “Golden Spike will follow a model like that of the Russian spaceflight industry in the 1980s and ‘90s, when they charged money to take other nations’ astronauts to the Salyut and Mir space stations for scientific experiments.”
Artist’s rendition of a Golden Spike lunar lander concept. (Credit: Golden Spike)
Golden Spike plans to fly crews to the moon starting in 2020, and says it can be done for .5 billion per flight. The company reportedly plans to reduce costs by developing partnerships with other aerospace companies to use rockets that already exist or that are currently being developed. By doing so, the company would only need to develop and build lunar landers and special Moon spacesuits.
During the December 6 press conference, Golden Spike explained the company’s proposed launch process. Wired.com reports that this process would require four separate launches.
They will first launch two exiting rockets to bring a spacecraft and lunar lander into orbit around the moon. A second two launches will get people to the lander, where they will descend to the lunar surface and conduct an expedition before launching back to lunar orbit and then back to Earth.
In addition to offering its Moon taxi service, Golden Spike hopes to drive human presence in space. With Newt Gingrich on the company’s board of advisors, this isn’t surprising.
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On the Eve of Obama's Victory, Manning Announces Plea Bargain
Independent Voter Network Five of these criminal cases currently sit with the Department of Justice, while the most publicized case –Bradley Manning and the Wikileaks shakedown— is under the jurisdiction of the US Military. The same day as Obama announced victory, Bradley … |
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TrineDay Announces New Book by Daniel Estulin, Deconstructing WikiLeaks
DigitalJournal.com (press release) In Deconstructing WikiLeaks, Daniel Estulin's overview of the facts and fantasies surrounding WikiLeaks' unprecedented outpouring of hi-jacked official documents, the reader is treated to dozens of perspectives from many interested observers and … |
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TrineDay Announces New Book by Daniel Estulin, Deconstructing WikiLeaks
PR Web (press release) Quote start In Deconstructing WikiLeaks the reader is treated to dozens of perspectives from many interested observers and researchers, who have attempted to unearth the truth beneath this explosive, but enigmatic, engine of change. Quote end. Walterville … |
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