NASA Begins Testing of Revolutionary E-Sail Technology0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 12, 2016
NASA engineers are conducting tests to develop models for the Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transport System (HERTS) concept.

NASA engineers are conducting tests to develop models for the Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transport System (HERTS) concept.

Earth’s gravitational field is depicted not as a solid body, but as a dynamic surface that varies over time.

The hypothetical ninth planet at the fringes of our solar system might have been captured from a star passing by long ago

The mission has cancelled the spacecraft emergency, returning the Deep Space Network ground communications to normal scheduling.

NASA planet hunter says: “I’m absolutely confident they’re out there.”

Space exploration can be within reach of pretty much anybody!

“We looked into all the possibilities for it being man-made. There were a few possible spacecraft and rocket bodies that might be 1991 VG. But, when we looked into each, we were able to eliminate each of them”

Phobos – just a bit of leftover rubble?
“An undiscovered planet outside the orbit of Neptune, 10 times the mass of Earth, would affect the orbit of Saturn, not Cassini.”

“The latest NIAC selections include a number of concepts for planetary and robotic exploration.”



