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Starting new threads in the Advanced Topics Section of NSF's Forum Started by Chris Bergin	0 Replies 44828 Views	05/19/2015 10:27 am by Chris Bergin
Spinny dynamo balls at 15 km/s+ orbital infrastructure- way too good to be true? Started by Bittermun	0 Replies 164 Views	Today at 02:45 am by Bittermun
Realistic, near-term, rotating Space Station Started by Roy_H « 1 2 3 ... 253 Next »	5050 Replies 1620310 Views	Today at 01:25 am by Vultur
Sling stuff FROM the Moon... Started by kfsorensen « 1 2 3 ... 6 Next All »	114 Replies 60223 Views	03/15/2026 12:36 pm by Hop_David
Moving The Cloud to orbit Started by Ike17055 « 1 2 3 ... 23 Next »	453 Replies 120978 Views	03/15/2026 09:04 am by thespacecow
NEOs as a source of volatiles Started by Hop_David « 1 2 Next All »	33 Replies 13562 Views	03/14/2026 11:17 am by JulesVerneATV
Solar Power Satellites Started by Greg Hullender « 1 2 3 ... 29 Next »	574 Replies 299501 Views	03/13/2026 05:05 pm by StraumliBlight
How Can AI Be Used for Space Applications? Started by sanman « 1 2 3 ... 31 Next »	603 Replies 221764 Views	03/11/2026 08:47 am by sanman
Humanoid Robots for Moon and Mars Started by Cheapchips « 1 2 3 ... 35 Next »	692 Replies 288168 Views	03/09/2026 04:48 pm by Cheapchips
3D printer for space Started by DarkenedOne « 1 2 3 ... 9 Next All »	161 Replies 96817 Views	03/08/2026 05:34 pm by JulesVerneATV
Origami-based Structrue Vehicle. Flat Payloads / Colonies unfolding like Origami Started by JulesVerneATV	8 Replies 2638 Views	03/08/2026 05:33 pm by JulesVerneATV
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Started by Gordons « 1 2 3 Next All »	48 Replies 27763 Views	03/07/2026 02:21 am by InterestedEngineer
Longshot multistage gun launch Started by Asteroza « 1 2 3 Next All »	50 Replies 38342 Views	03/03/2026 08:12 pm by StraumliBlight
HTP/PLA/KMnO4 Hybrid Rocket Engine Started by Jerry Fisher « 1 2 3 ... 6 Next All »	110 Replies 97281 Views	03/03/2026 03:43 pm by Jerry Fisher
Hermeus hypersonic plane Started by Asteroza « 1 2 3 ... 5 Next All »	88 Replies 72510 Views	03/02/2026 11:00 pm by StraumliBlight
DLR LH/LOX SpaceLiner concept Started by FutureSpaceTourist « 1 2 Next All »	35 Replies 18386 Views	03/02/2026 02:53 pm by StraumliBlight
Lunar ISRU Production of CH4 and LOX for propellent Started by Ben the Space Brit « 1 2 3 Next All »	59 Replies 31787 Views	03/01/2026 08:22 pm by Hop_David
Leap 71 (AI Computational Engineering in Space Propulsion) Started by Nonexistence « 1 2 Next All »	36 Replies 16248 Views	03/01/2026 02:02 am by Twark_Main
Space elevator Started by joshuabaker « 1 2 3 ... 7 Next All »	122 Replies 79213 Views	02/28/2026 04:42 pm by Hop_David
Maglev on the moon Started by PhotonBytes	17 Replies 18588 Views	02/28/2026 03:36 pm by Hop_David
Sand Batteries for Scalable Energy Storage on Moon / Mars? Started by sanman « 1 2 Next All »	30 Replies 14789 Views	02/26/2026 09:09 pm by Twark_Main
Fusion with space related aspects thread Started by josh_simonson « 1 2 3 ... 210 Next »	4182 Replies 1548946 Views	02/26/2026 08:52 am by catdlr
General Hypersonic Flight Related Topics Started by Star One « 1 2 3 ... 24 Next »	460 Replies 320276 Views	02/22/2026 02:56 pm by russianhalo117
Robot cultivated crops for Mars pioneers Started by seshagirib « 1 2 Next All »	22 Replies 9475 Views	02/20/2026 12:35 pm by Twark_Main
Personal Radiation Protection For Deep Space Travel? Started by drbuzz0	17 Replies 15899 Views	02/19/2026 10:07 pm by Twark_Main
NASA's current work on nuclear space power Started by magicsound	3 Replies 11262 Views	02/18/2026 03:16 pm by JulesVerneATV
How Will Quantum Computing Impact Spaceflight? Started by sanman « 1 2 3 4 Next All »	63 Replies 62217 Views	02/17/2026 10:19 pm by sanman
low mass inflatable habitats on Moon, Mars, asteroids etc. Started by Vultur « 1 2 Next All »	32 Replies 4335 Views	02/17/2026 09:53 am by redneck
Crewed Europan submarine Started by Gateway Station	3 Replies 1011 Views	02/12/2026 07:45 pm by JulesVerneATV
'Leg Wheels' for Surface Exploration Started by sanman	8 Replies 3955 Views	02/11/2026 07:14 pm by JulesVerneATV
Mega-scale civil engineering on Mars Started by Robotbeat « 1 2 3 4 Next All »	67 Replies 49399 Views	02/09/2026 11:33 am by Paul451
How much Helium 3 is in the Solar wind? Started by BillKerman1234 « 1 2 Next All »	22 Replies 16766 Views	02/08/2026 03:12 pm by JulesVerneATV
Advanced Water Heating Design for Lunar, Martian and other Space Based uses. Started by DrysonB	13 Replies 2913 Views	02/08/2026 12:21 pm by JulesVerneATV
Giving Starship its own little shuttlecraft Started by Gateway Station	4 Replies 1126 Views	02/08/2026 02:57 am by Twark_Main
Martian Greenhouses Started by Robotbeat « 1 2 Next All »	23 Replies 9297 Views	02/07/2026 03:13 pm by sanman
DRACO: NASA and DARPA nuclear propulsion collaboration Started by FutureSpaceTourist « 1 2 3 ... 16 Next »	304 Replies 165281 Views	02/04/2026 11:45 pm by InterestedEngineer
Crewed missions to Titan using Starship - how feasible is it? Started by Gateway Station	10 Replies 1963 Views	02/04/2026 04:55 pm by crandles57
Venus orbiting space station? Started by Gateway Station	1 Replies 572 Views	02/04/2026 04:26 pm by Vultur
Turning Gateway into a Mars Transit Habitat? Started by Gateway Station	18 Replies 3107 Views	02/03/2026 04:23 pm by Vultur
Can AI-Data-Centers-in-Space Lead Us Toward Sunshade to Terraform Venus? Started by sanman « 1 2 3 Next All »	44 Replies 12885 Views	02/03/2026 05:22 am by sanman
Rolls-Royce space micro-reactor Started by Asteroza	3 Replies 6216 Views	02/01/2026 05:32 pm by StraumliBlight
Autophage Engines: Toward a Throttleable Solid Motor Started by Asteroza « 1 2 Next All »	26 Replies 27683 Views	02/01/2026 01:49 pm by sanman
Feasibility of fusion based launch Started by SpaceLizard « 1 2 3 Next All »	51 Replies 9314 Views	02/01/2026 08:14 am by Elmar Moelzer
Advancements in Electric Thrusters Started by Impaler « 1 2 3 ... 13 Next »	259 Replies 134522 Views	01/30/2026 11:57 pm by Vultur
Protecting against radiation at Europa's surface Started by Vultur	14 Replies 11610 Views	01/28/2026 01:12 pm by Lampyridae
Compact nuclear power sources for space exploration Started by Kaputnik « 1 2 3 Next All »	50 Replies 20753 Views	01/24/2026 03:40 pm by JulesVerneATV
Hall effect thruster power limits pushed Started by edzieba	15 Replies 7664 Views	12/23/2025 11:10 pm by JulesVerneATV
Wheeled & Non-Wheeled Legged Robots and Ground Vehicles Started by sanman « 1 2 Next All »	35 Replies 17136 Views	12/18/2025 11:19 pm by sanman
Method for storing antimatter Started by scienceguy	18 Replies 20858 Views	12/18/2025 12:31 am by scienceguy
The impossible Newtonian propulsion system in "Avatar" movie Started by Sith « 1 2 Next All »	36 Replies 31707 Views	12/17/2025 11:57 pm by catdlr