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The '''NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field''' (usually referred to as ''NASA Glenn'', or ''GRC'') is on ...ewis Research Center. It was officially renamed the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in 1999.

Grady’s Space Chronicles ...who was sent on a scheduled visit of President Johnson, who did not come for a tour on March 23, 1964.

This rocket is expected to enable long-term human exploration of outer space. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

...by future explorers.^[1] LRO is planned to continue its mission for at least a year.^[2] | [[Boston University]] || [[CRaTER]] Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation || PI:[[Harlan Spence]] CoI:[[Justin C. Kasper]]

<div style="text-align: center;"> ...ge generating capacity is not needed. Power storage requirements and high power [[Mass_Drivers|mass-driver]] coil requirements typically limit the mass acc

Grady's Space Chronicles ...ne at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was waiting for the Saturn

...oses could be disconnected, the bellows unfastened, and the joint unpinned for maintenance, including bellows replacement. ...on of space suits). Vehicles with magnetic bearings would not be suitable for bouncing over rough terrain, but might give [[Driving on the Moon|high spee

[[NASA TM-2004-212743]] - "Reinventing the Solar Power Satellite" and "Peak Power Markets for Satellite Solar Power" from the Houston IAF Congress.

...76,000 mph in less than a second. The speed of the thrust was a new record for Sandia’s "Z Machine" – not only the fastest gun in the West, but in the ...econd, faster than the 30 kilometers per second that Earth travels through space in its orbit about the Sun. That’s 50 times faster than a rifle bullet, a

...ole of the Moon. This work was done at the [[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] as part of the High School High Tech summer student program. ..., is a detailed study of harvesting resources on the Moon. It is the basis for our plan.

Grady's Space Chronicles ...Air Strip at 10:35 AM. The President’s visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center reason was to give an order to the Rocket Team in person and to visit the f

The concept of Solar Power Satellites (SPS) was invented and first described, in November 1968 by Dr.[ Ref: Glaser, Peter E. "Power from the Sun: Its Future". Science Magazine, 22 November 1968 Vol 162, Issu

...cate. Collaborate. Come Together”. That design tool has now been renewed for three years, https://nasa.innocentive.com/ici/index (firewalled). This cou ...have been for the design of specific technical devices but a few have been for higher level problems.

...uld fit on a desk top and be ready to work with the others. If electrical power water and feed stock are provided, one module could make all the others. G ...s it takes for astronauts to set up industry. A few hundred astronauts in space suits with picks, shovels and other basic tools could dig out mines and bui

Grady’s Space Chronicles Some of the most stressful days for me at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. One was the first static firing of our Satu

...t. "These companies will bid on delivering science and technology payloads for NASA, including payload integration and operations, launching from Earth an *"Future on-ramp opportunities for new vendors will be announced in 2020." <ref name="SPD1" />

...#5F5F5F 1px; background-color:#EFEFDF; padding:5px 5px 5px 5px; text-align:center;"> ...ormal;font-size:18pt">'''Welcome to Lunarpedia!'''</SPAN><BR/>''A resource for reaching our stepping stone to the Solar System.''<BR/>

...t-term it does not. The problem then is one of keeping the program viable for the long term. [[Image:WorldPopulation01.jpg|frame|center| World Population: A Family of Curves]]

...1_Brick.GIF|thumb|A brick of MLS-1 basalt sintered at 1100 degrees Celsius for 2 hours. Click to Enlarge]] ...cost. Some low partial pressure of oxygen could conceivably be found best for the process of sintering bricks. Another alternative is the use of a hydro

Grady’s Space Chronicles ...test apparatus. I made contact with his friend and he sent an Army truck for me. I went to my secret stock (my finds at the junk yard) and found a turbo

...ement on the Moon. Later there will surely be many lunar settlements, but for right now we need to focus on where to place the very first settlement usin NASA chose a site, [[Crater Shackleton]], for planning purposes in [[NASA_Exploration_Strategy]] but claimed the choice w

...cesses. Luna also lacks significant sources of [[Argon]], which is useful for industry. Mars has all of these elements in reasonably recoverable concent ...re should be a large fraction of the take-off weight in orbit. With wings for a supersonic in ground effect landing in the 0.1 psi Martian atmosphere, th

...to deliver lunar materials to orbit for building the homes for emigrants, space habitats. ...the needed effect. Fine yaw control is provided by reaction wheels sized for adjusting the yaw of the spacecraft carrier. Course yaw control is provide

...regolith is at depth yet. We will be discovering that. There is a chance for damage to the habitat in digging, moving soil and other construction tasks. ...Moon is a few golf cart sized pieces of construction equipment. Small low power devices have a limit in the amount of damage they can do to the habitat by

...of the mission. Select the X to close the balloon. Now you can see flags for all six landing sites. ...kept the same as you change your map selection. This gives researchers a power they only could dream of before!

This article uses the '''µm''' abbreviation for '''[[exd:micron|microns]]''', micrometers, or 10^-6 meters. This For more details see:

This is a concept for lunar industrial development. ...echnologically possible to produce a space based solar power (SBSP) system for Earth from lunar materials, but the economics cause difficult constraints a

...problems and opportunities that lie ahead. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is currently undergoing this process of looking to new directions in ...ve analysis that does not blink in the face of the great problems foreseen for the 21st century.