Future Space Exploration


The SpaceX Falcon 9 is an amazing milestone in space travel for so many reasons. Most of all, it will lower the cost to get things into space by a factor of 1/20! Today we look at the game changing tech that makes the Falcon 9 the most advanced and cost effective rocket on

In the quest to build bigger things in space, one Colorado-based company is readying for an epic construction demonstration mission. Blue Canyon Technologies will provide the spacecraft vehicle infrastructure supporting a "factory" that will 3D-print solar arrays in space. The mission is called Archinaut One and its lead developer is Made In Space (which has a working 3D-printer on the ISS.) The mission is funded by a a $73.7 million contract from NASA. The amount given to Blue Canyon, a 100% employee-owned company, has not disclosed.