Science

JPL Visions of the Future Posters

In February 2016, NASA/JPL released these posters, depicting what future space tourism posters could look like. They are an amazing…

May 13, 2016

Advanced Propulsion Study, February 2004

Advanced Propulsion Study Background This study was tasked with the purpose of conducting a thorough literature and program search to…

April 27, 2016

A History of Soviet Aviation and Cosmonautics, January 1965

This publication is a translation of Aviation and Cosmonautics (Aviatsiya I Kosmonavtika) formerly Herald of the Air Fleet, a monthly journal of…

April 6, 2016

Project UPWARD – Lunar Mapping Mission During Apollo Missions

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) describes the Project UPWARD as the following: In August 2014, the NRO released declassified Project…

March 30, 2016

Apollo Missions

Background The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961-1975 with the goal of…

February 25, 2016

Situation Awareness and Decision Support System for Defensive Counterspace

The following document was first requested in April of 2015, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The following was…

October 27, 2015

Space Defense / Militarization of Space

Background The U.S. Military and government has spent a lot of time and money while considering the militarization of space. …

April 2, 2015

Project Cirrus – Hurricane Modification

Background Project Cirrus was the first attempt to modify a hurricane. It was a collaboration of the General Electric Corporation,…

March 26, 2015

Ball Lightning

Background Ball lightning is a debated and controversial atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, usually spherical…

March 26, 2015

Anti-Satellite Weapons

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United…

March 4, 2015