The ability to combine world-class experimental, laboratory, theoretical and information systems approaches, and to involve students in all aspects of these endeavors, is a key strength of LASP. These unique abilities put the Laboratory into the top tier of University space research groups in the country and the world. The combination of qualities allows LASP to contribute in unique ways to the University academic environment. Read Full Story
In 1948, the Upper Atmosphere Lab was developed as a way to initiate a new era of space exploration at the University of Colorado. Since then, NASA has launched 15 alumni on 34 manned missions, in addition to designing and building instruments for NASA planetary missions. The Colorado lab is at the top of the space tier of University space research groups in the world, with a combination of superior qualities that allow it to be unique to the University academic environment.
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I know this is nerdy but just so's y'all know, there's a black hole four million times the size of the sun in the Milky Way. So we might all die from being sucked into that before we die of killing our own planet. Happy Holidays!
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We've been told for years about all the space junk floating around our beautiful blue ball we call Planet Earth. It surprises me that it has only now come to a point where things bigger than screws and paint chips are hitting each other - making many more smaller pieces of junk that whizz by at thousands of miles per hour. Maybe the next generation of Space Shuttle can drag a fine mesh nano-titanium net to catch all the debris. Or even better some private 'space cowboy' builds his own ship... Read Full Story
On Tuesday night, there was an orbital collision between two satellites in space. There have been close to 6,000 satellites launched since the first Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957. During the last 52 years, a few have been brought back to Earth. There is no international law or until now requirement of a satellites return. This would cost more money because it uses rocket fuel for reentry. If the satellite has rocket fuel then it stay in space longer as operational. There has been a... Read Full Story
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