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Tag Archives: NASA

The Moon is Full of Money: Capitalism in Space

22 July 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Pope Brock Nautilus I was slung in my favorite deck chair, drink in hand, having a gawk at the night sky. Andromeda, Pisces … I trawled the constellations, mind […]

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Mining Asteroids for a Better Earth

16 January 2018by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Philip Metzger Aeon Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Reinvigorating Interest in the Final Frontier

25 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

The Economist It may turn out to be a bare and barren rock. The fact that liquid water could be flowing across the surface of the planet just discovered orbiting […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Inside China’s Unique Space Ambitions

11 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Namrata Goswami The Diplomat China’s space ambitions and goals are unique. Unlike the space rivalry between the United States and the former USSR, which was mostly about “who got where […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Farming Solar Power in the Cosmos

29 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Anna Bitong Take Part Aboard an imaginary space station surrounded by distant planets, an astronaut on the fringes of human life toiled to turn the sun’s rays into electricity […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Asian Space Race

23 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Cody Knipfer The Space Review On April 22, the China National Space Administration announced its plan to launch a robotic Mars mission in 2020, to reach Mars by 2021. The […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Who Will Protect us From Space Pirates?

15 April 2016by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By David Axe The Daily Beast With trillions of dollars worth of minerals lying just under the moon’s surface or spinning around the solar system inside asteroids, space mining is […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Spurring Space Exploration with Market Forces

15 January 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Grayson Clary Aeon This is my lunar acre. There are many like it, billions, but this one is mine. At least, it could be for a modest fee: a […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Earth, Meet Asteroids: Planning for the Worst

20 November 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Josh Dean Popular Mechanics On August 18, 2015, an otherwise unexceptional summer Tuesday, NASA issued a press release titled “There is No Asteroid Threatening Earth.” This was an alarming […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Hitching Rides with Russia

15 September 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Wired Saturday will mark 1,500 days since the Space Shuttle touched down for the final time. Grounding human spaceflights was always supposed to be temporary as […]

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