Space Harvester

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

NASA's proposed infrared telescope

Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission

is primarily geared towards planetary defence

rather than being part of a pure science programme.

The Australian Government has recently reviewed

its space industry related regulatory framework

so as to make it clearer, more flexible and better suited

to a more innovative global environment.

Scientists postulate that specific bacteria could be taken to space

in order to help mankind mine for metals there.

The sail (about the size of a boxing ring) has been successfully deployed;

now let the photons do their part of the job!

India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-2,

which will explore areas near the south pole of the moon,

is presently journeying towards its destination.

Until August of this year OSIRIS-REx will be in Orbital B

at only 680 metres above the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Keith Volkert, the CEO of Satellite Consulting Inc.,

is seriously considering a scheme for taking big defunct satellites

from their current graveyard orbits

into new parking places in lunar orbit

for future recycling on the moon,

though he admits that " he still has to fill in some blank spaces in his plan".