

The book reveals that factions of the U.S. under the Army’s Project Paperclip to develop missiles as a central weapon of the Cold War. Wernher von Braun:The Man Who Sold the Moon is the first critical biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler’s most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the U.S. America’s leading rocket expert and most enthusiastic advocate of space travel, he had a closet full of secrets that would have shocked his colleagues and millions of admirers if they had been told during his lifetime. Jason Dunn, co-founder and CTO of Made In Space, responds to “The Man Who Sold the Moon” on Singularity Hub.Perhaps no one in history has played the role of scientist as celebrity with as much skill-and as much deception-as Wernher von Braun. A 3D Printed Moon Base: Science Fiction or Science Fact?.Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow discuss the possibilities for moon dust.

Riley, professor of mechanical engineering. Centrifugal Method for Particle Size SegregationĪ student research project about a method for sorting lunar regolith by size, produced at the University of Washington as part of NASA’s Microgravity University program and overseen by James J.Jekan Thanga from ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration, explains the science and politics behind Cory Doctorow’s new novella, “The Man Who Sold the Moon.”Ĭory Doctorow shares an excerpt from “The Man Who Sold the Moon” on Medium. What will it take to get us back to the Moon?.First demonstration on direct laser fabrication of lunar regolith parts.Ī technical paper from Rapid Prototyping Journal evaluating the feasibility of fabricating buildings, tools, and parts from lunar and Martian regolith.The European Space Agency is testing the use of 3D printing for more efficient lunar base construction. Is a moonbase the killer app for 3D printing?
