Great Strides in Space Beverages

There are so many little things about gravity that we take for granted.  If you take it away, a lot of things become tougher.  The common discussion points are how you lose bone density, muscle mass, you get taller, and increased risk of herniated disks.  But there are a lot of day to day things that are tough too.  Sleeping while having no concept of up and down, exercising without weights, eating, writing, and drinking.  Generally astronauts would have to drink from bags because you simply couldn’t have a cup of water.  The lack of gravity would have the water...

Water, Methane, and even Organics on Mars – Amazing new Data!

It’s been an amazing week for detection and study of water in our Solar system.  Just last week we received the first results of the Rosetta mission’s analysis of water from comet 67P. Now we’ve received the latest breakthrough from the Curiosity Rover on Mars, results on Water, Methane, and even Organic material! The Sample Analysis at Mars instrument (SAM) took measurements of the Martian atmosphere over a period of 20 months, and for two of these months in late 2013 and early 2014, the Methane levels were 10 times as high as measurements before and after the spike. “This temporary...