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... the atmosphere in order to see clearly. And think of questions about biology, or chemistry, or physics that have gravity or air pressure as important parts. Now, then, you have your list of ...

... won't stay in a spoon any more than they'll stay in a cup or bowl, so we drink them through straws. Knives require a cutting surface like a plate or table, neither of which we have room to store, or a place to clean. So we eat everything solid with a fork, or with our hands, straight from the packet ---- Answer provided by Charles Camarda, Ph.D. & Nicholas ...

... on the beds? Would we have blankets, pillows, sleeping bags or hammocks? Would we have to be zipped in or tethered or tied to something? In weightless conditions, there is no need to ... provide flexible restraining belts on the body and head to simulate this. On the Moon or Mars, there will be some gravity (one-sixth g and one-third g, respectively). So ...

... any contamination of the breathable air supply on board a spacecraft like the Space Shuttle or International Space Station (ISS). Think about how unbearable even something like a new car smell ... very offensive within confined air spaces. All items leaving for use on board the Shuttle or ISS must pass strict toxic and odor testing before approved for launch. Astronauts and cosmonauts ... board the ISS for extended periods of time say that there are very few smells or odors in their space habitat because of all this pre-launch testing. Unfortunately, due to ...

... mine the resources whether they are on the surface or subsurface. Mining is defined as either digging or excavating in order to access ores or metals. It can also be described as processing ...

... a large object orbiting the Sun, and smaller objects orbiting the Sun are called asteroids or comets or other things. Some people think Pluto is large enough to be called a planet ...

... .53.173 '''Number of Pages''' - 7 Abstract The name Near-Earth Object, or NEO, is given to an asteroid or comet ranging in size from a few tens of metres to several kilometres or more in diameter whose orbit crosses the Earth's and which, over time, has the ...

... online. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in aeronautics or related fields. Undergraduate students entering their second year of study will receive up to $15 ... Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Students not committed to a specific academic institution or program still may apply. If accepted, they must be admitted by fall 2012 into an ... are shaping our future. 'Innovation Now', the series of 90-second radio segments, debuts Sept. 1, online and on WHRV 89.5 FM in Norfolk, Va. The new program is scheduled ...

... . They were selected based on their potential to transform future aerospace missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter and improve current approaches to launching, building and operating aerospace systems. The selected ... further develop the most successful Phase I concepts and analyze their potential to enable new or radically improved future NASA missions and potential applications with benefits for industry and society. "We ...

If your mission is one of the early exploratory missions to the Moon or Mars, you will most certainly be going there and then returning to Earth and your ... been discussions about building ships big enough to send a large group of people (500 or more ) on a one-way trip to find new worlds to colonize. These are called generation ships or world ships since the ship would be the whole world to many generations of the ...

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