Interesting video! 3 minutes.. Perhaps the study of planetary - TopicsExpress

Interesting video! 3 minutes.. Perhaps the study of planetary magnetic fields could help us develop technology to shield our astronauts from cosmic radiation while exploring deep space..... https://youtube/watch?v=9MVRMzmwubM Many scientists believe Europa is the best place to look for life in our solar system... The newly discovered fact that Europa has plate tectonics makes the icy world even more enticing! Plate tectonics here on Earth are driven by heat.. Heat from within the Earths crust drives the motion of these plates.. The same heat gives rise to various geological formations that exhaust heat and minerals that support some very unique and specialized life forms that do not use photosynthesis as the base of their food webs.. The heat and the minerals sustain life in these remote depths of the ocean.. Scientists believe that the same could happen on Europa. Investigation of Europa would answer some very fundamental questions about the origin of the solar system and the origin of us.. solarsystem.nasa.gov/europa/newsdisplay.cfm… NASAs Europa home page... A great resource! solarsystem.nasa.gov/europa/home.cfm Informative video demonstrating how internal heat of Europa interacts with the ice surface. Many scientists believe this is where to look for life in our solar system. Many believe the basic requirements for life have been satisfied here. https://youtube/watch… Now here is some forward thinking... To optimize the production of these modules to be configured for a variety of tasks is good business sense. Then the modules can be used to construct space stations or deep space vessels depending upon the current mission.. Utilizing the same design for many different missions with many different objectives will bring a higher science return for the dollar spent. We have already developed many technologies and procedures for the construction and maintenance of the International Space Station.. We can reproduce these efforts again and again to build new stations and large craft suitable for long duration space flight.. I as well as many others feel its now time to demonstrate artificial gravity in low earth orbit.. two modules rotating around a center point.. Lets get to it.. Artificial gravity is what is needed for our more ambitious manned deep space exploration... Its refreshing to see some competent thinking about our space exploration efforts.. Now if we can get some direction into the NASA management we could very well realize a new golden age of space exploration! spacedaily/…/Russia_may_build_its_own_space_… Affordable access to space is the challenge of the day. It would be glorious to see the lifting capacity of the shuttles in a new SCRAM jet at less cost per kg. spacedaily/…/US_space_wars_Military_Space_Pl… The future of energy! Space based solar power. 8 times more energy per unit area then ground based and no unproductive night time in space.. The power is abundant and available 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days of the year! Attached to this article is a study demonstrating the justified economics for such a venture..Click on See more for more interesting articles and film.. kurzweilai.net/a-limitless-power-source-for-the-… NASA film free to watch, about their research into space based solar power... The technology was proved feasible! nss.org/settlement/ssp/sspnasavideo.htm Informative articles and video about space based solar power. nss.org/settlement/ssp/index.htm#sspvideos