By: Hawaii Sen. Glenn S. Wakai Tourism is hemorrhaging. It was a great eight-year run of increased arrivals and visitor spending—until it fell apart in March. Up until this year, there was little pressure to diversify Hawaii’s economy, so we decided not to. Today, we...
Above: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield suited up inside the International Space Station. Hadfield spent five months aboard the ISS between 2012 and 2013, serving as Commander. Credit: Mark Sowa/NASA-JSC. Astronauts may be among the most qualified people on Earth to...
Above: A composite image of Saturn’s moon, Titan. Credit: NASA By: Dr. Amanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute Author, speaker and planetary scientist Dr. Amanda Hendrix. Courtesy photo. As a kid I knew I wanted to grow up studying space in some capacity. After...
Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA is asking the public to help improve its lunar mining robot RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot). RASSOR is a tele-operated space robot capable of effectively mining and hauling regolith material in extremely...
Above: A 12” x 12” sintered basalt tile created at PISCES was tested as a launchpad material last month. Photo: Masten Space Systems. Last month, a sintered basalt tile made at PISCES underwent preliminary testing as a launch and landing pad base material. Masten...
Above: PISCES geologist Kyla Edison descends into a lava tube on the lower slope of Mauna Loa during an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) as part of a simulated lunar mission led by the European Space Agency last month. Credit: EMMIHS-III/HI-SEAS. Crew members suit up...
