A nostalgic view from 1991 brought to you by my old newsletter Space Colonization Progress. Ahhhh memories!
Update: all issues of SCP are now available on the Vintage page
Orbion teams up with Xplore to provide “Space as a Service”
As reported in Space Daily, Orbion will deliver its Aurora Hall-effect thrusters to power Xplore’s space vehicle called Xcraft to explore the inner solar system.
Everything nuclear
You’ll find all the latest advances in space nuclear power at Beyond Nerva
Getting to Mars faster
A good summary of state-of-the-art advanced propulsion technologies
Destination: Saturn (in two years)
Princeton Satellite Systems’ Direct Fusion Drive, fueled by helium-3 and deuterium, could be on line by 2028, significantly reducing travel time to the outer solar system and beyond. In addition to providing high specific impulse propulsion, the system could be used as a power source at the destination.
Space Access Society 2019 Highlight – Positron Dynamics paves the way for antimatter propulsion
Ryan Weed, CEO of Positron Dynamic discussed his company’s plans for opening the solar system with an innovative radioisotope positron source for interplanetary propulsion. Last April, the small start-up was awarded a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase I award to study the system: https://www.positrondynamics.com/