Techdirt. Stories filed under "soyuz" Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us Techdirt. Stories filed under "soyuz"http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:00:00 PST DailyDirt: Fly Me To The Moon... Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/19025111806/dailydirt-fly-me-to-moon.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101110/19025111806/dailydirt-fly-me-to-moon.shtml
  • Speculation on China's rocket technology suggests the country's Long March 9 rocket will be more than capable for sending astronauts to the moon, Mars, and perhaps other distant destinations within our solar system. The Long March 9 is expected to be in service around 2020-2025. [url]
  • Google's Lunar X Prize is closed to new participants, but there are about 25 teams still competing for rewards totaling $30 million -- for these privately funded teams to send robots to the moon. The deadline for these teams is the end of 2015. Hopefully at least one team will succeed in its mission, and we'll have mini moon bases sending back all kinds of data before the end of the decade. [url]
  • The Soyuz spacecraft has been a workhorse for decades, but Russia has recently announced plans for its next generation spaceship design that could be used for manned missions to the moon (or possibly Mars). Test flights are scheduled to begin in 2017, and this Prospective Piloted Transport System (PPTS) could also service the International Space Station (creating another backup solution to supply the ISS). [url]
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    ]]>     http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20101110/19025111806     Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PST DailyDirt: Manned Missions To Space Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100922/10033611120/dailydirt-manned-missions-to-space.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100922/10033611120/dailydirt-manned-missions-to-space.shtml
  • Six fake astronauts from the Mars500 spaceship have emerged from a simulated mission to Mars that lasted about a year and a half. Probably not as entertaining to watch as Big Brother or MTV's Real World, but the mission was a useful experiment. [url]
  • The Energia Corporation is considering ways to sell tourist trips around the moon using Soyuz spaceships. The tickets would sell for around $150 million, and the trip would take about 9 days. [url]
  • The International Space Station boosted itself to a slightly higher orbit by turning on some thrusters for about 2 minutes. A few of the astronauts took advantage of the planned acceleration to show everyone how the maneuver affects the ISS occupants. [url]
  • To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]  
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    ]]>     urls-we-dig-up http://www.techdirt.com/comment_rss.php?sid=20100922/10033611120     Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PST DailyDirt: Getting To Space Ain't Easy Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100802/22570010460/dailydirt-getting-to-space-aint-easy.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100802/22570010460/dailydirt-getting-to-space-aint-easy.shtml
  • The Russian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft isn't going to make it to Mars -- and some waterbears that were along for the ride won't make it back. Over the last year, about 10% of space missions that launched have failed (seven out of about 74). [url]
  • Iran's space program tried to send a monkey to space, but the monkey didn't survive the trip. Iran's space program will probably get a bit more attention when it succeeds... [url]
  • Fortunately, the International Space Station will be occupied by astronauts as planned, following a successful launch of a Soyuz re-supply mission. The ISS will resume a full 6-person crew in mid-December. [url]
  • To discover more links on space exploration, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon universe. [url]  
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