News

Tracking the news.

NASA News

 * Bridenstine discusses ISS future, exploration cooperation in Europe
 * https://spacenews.com/bridenstine-discusses-iss-future-exploration-cooperation-in-europe/

International News

 * This 'Sparrow' lunar lander may soon make Israel the 4th country ever to land the moon
 * August 14, 2018 by Dave Mosher of Business Insider


 * The Impact Of ISRO’s Commercialisation Plan
 * July 31, 2018 by Shaili Shah of WTD News

Foundation

 * Two designers just won $1.5 million for creating a device that can pull clean drinking water out of thin air
 * https://www.businessinsider.com/device-that-harvests-water-from-air-wins-xprize-2018-10

OTEC

 * Report highlights ocean energy activities in 2017
 * https://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2018/03/report-highlights-ocean-energy-activities-in-2017.html

Bifrost

 * Finally, the biggest airplane in the world has some rockets to launch
 * August 20, 2018 by Eric Berger of Ars Technica

Asgard

 * Deep Space Industries acquired by Bradford Space
 * https://spacenews.com/deep-space-industries-acquired-by-bradford-space/
 * Cargo Bases in Space: Air Force General Wants Them Within a Decade
 * https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/08/resupply-space-air-force-general-wants-it-happen-within-decade/150246/

Luna

 * Getting back to the Moon is the easy part
 * May 4, 2019 by Adam Minter


 * The moon has ice on its surface in hundreds of places — and it could be the 'first step in building a space economy'
 * August, 2018 by Dave Mosher of The Insider


 * Lunar Prospecting Plans in the Works
 * July 16, 2018 by Stephanie Mlot, Geek.com


 * Mining Moon Ice: Prospecting Plans Starting to Take Shape
 * July 13, 2018 by Leonard David, Space.com's Space Insider Columnist


 * Mining the moon: The space start-ups looking for lunar resources
 * July 12, 2018 by Sam McKeith of CEO Magazine

Moon Express
Moon Express is a company with plans to return to the moon with rovers and other robots to start building. No more planting flags and leaving.


 * Make the moon a refueling station — then head to Mars
 * August 3, 2018 by Mark R. Whittington of The Hill


 * NASA could be Israel's ticket to space
 * July 27, 2018 by Mark R Whittington of The Hill


 * That entrepreneur who wants to mine the moon? He’s getting a lot closer!
 * February 8, 2017 by Gene Marks of the Washington Post

Mars

 * NASA’s 3D-printed Mars Habitat competition doles out prizes to concept habs
 * July 27, 2018 by Devin Coldewey of Techcrunch