Got a spare $100 million and a hankering for travel? We may have the solution. Check out our coverage on commercial space travel, drawn from the 2008 Summer issue of ASEE’s Prism magazine. Luring Wealthy thrill-seekers into space, an expanding group of companies offers out-of-this-world adventures price from $100,000 to $100 million. EADS ASTRIUM Resembling […]

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We’re going back to the moon — this time, for good. NASA expects to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface by 2024. So engineers must design modular living and working quarters that can house four astronauts for four weeks at a time. The shelters will have to store adequate supplies of air, food, water, and equipment and protect occupants from heat, dust, and radiation.

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