Latest articles by Bill Christensen
Robotic Cable Inspector Needed
The Robotic Cable Inspection System is a very specialized robot designed by engineers at the University of Washington.
Use Google To Search The Heavens
Google has joined the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project, which intends to complete the world's largest survey telescope by 2013.
NASA Needs Fake Moondust
NASA needs more moondust. And not just a few sterile baggies of moondust. NASA engineers need tons of it - or a suitable simulant.
Russia Studies Exotic Lunar Elevator
Russia's Space Research Institute has been studying the idea of a space-elevator cluster to economically deliver payloads from the Earth to the Moon and back.
Space Mirrors May Create Martian 'Pocket-Eden'
Rigel Woida, an engineering student at Arizona State University in Tucson, has been awarded a $9,000 prize to study the use of large orbital mirrors to heat a small area of the Martian surface.
Heineken To Track Beer By Satellite
Do you know where your beer is? Dutch beer maker Heineken wants to make sure - so it has put together a team that includes IBM and the University of Amsterdam to track beer by satellite.
Harnessing Asteroids and Comets to Travel the Solar System
NASA is funding a study to see if it might be possible to use asteroids traveling between the orbits of Earth and Mars to shelter spacecraft from radiation.
Heinlein Prize Trust to Honor X Prize Founder, Peter Diamandis
The trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust have announced the first winner of the Heinlein Prize: Dr. Peter H. Diamandis.
Floating Robotic Spheres: From the Millennium Falcon to the ISS
On May 19, 2006 the SPHERES mini-satellite, a tiny (eight-inch diameter) remote-controlled device, flew in the International Space Station.
'Antigravity' Propulsion System Proposed
An 'antigravity' propulsion system will be proposed at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) in Albuquerque on Febuary 14 by Dr. Franklin Felber.
USAF Ready For Space Wars Game
The US Air Force has just put out a request for proposal for a "Gaming and Training Environment for Counter Space Operations." In other words, they're ready for Ender's Game. Or maybe Space Wars.
