Showing posts with label Space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2013

Kerbal Engineering




You've heard of rocket science, 
you've heard of bottle rockets, 
you've heard of Russia engineering,
you've heard of  the Russian N1 right?
(you couldn't possibly do much worse...)

KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM NEEDS YOU!
After All how hard could rocket science be anyway...


Thursday, September 12, 2013

3D-printing robots could enable solar arrays to self-fabricate in space

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Getting large structures, such as solar or antenna arrays, into space is a tricky proposition, as they need to be able to fold up or contract to fit into a delivery vehicle, and then expand or be deployed in orbit. This constraint has traditionally limited the size and design of these structures, but a new type of fabrication technology may change... (Read more...!)