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Chris Fox: 3D Printing to Get to Mars

Chris Fox Manufacturing Net
December 18, 2014
On a recent trip to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the aerospace organization provided some insight to the inner-workings of spacecraft manufacturing. At the Marshall Space Flight Center, they specialize in what can best be described as, the guts of a rocket.
 
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Is Voyager In Interstellar Space? Confusing Signals From Little Craft That Could

August 20, 2014

Is the Voyager 1 spacecraft in interstellar space? NASA says yes, but a small but respected community of researchers isn’t convinced.

A quick review of the facts: Last year, NASA scientists penned a research paper that concluded the spacecraft, traveling at 38,000 mph, became the first man-made object to leave the solar system sometime around August 25, 2012.

The article’s authors, who based their announcement on a number of advanced models, stated “after long disagreements, that is now the consensus view of Voyager mission team leaders.”

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