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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Opportunities for major strides await efforts to develop private spaceflight in 2012, according to one publication that follows the trends. Dreams of interstellar space travel face some major hurdles. Remote Chile offers scientists a hint at conditions on Titan, the moon of Saturn. India’s president participates in the dedication of a new Mission Control facilities and looks to space technologies to help her nation deal with future needs.
1. From Popular Mechanics: The quest to develop private spaceflight is poised for some significant strides in 2012, according to the magazine. The milestones include a February SpaceX re-supply mission to the International Space Station. http://bit.ly/sOx5np
2. From the Washington Post: Dashing off to look in on another planetary civilization looks like a long shot, according to a pair of physicists who explain the hefty requirements for achieving interstellar travel at warp speed or through worm holes. http://wapo.st/teIueT
3. From Space.com: Scientists gather in Leguna Negra in the central Andes Mountains of Chile to explore techniques useful in the future exploration of Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists believe resembles a primordial Earth. Conditions in the elevated region include higher levels of solar ultraviolet radiation to which native organisms must adjust. http://bit.ly/rM5Lyu
4. From The Hindu of India: India’s president participates in the dedication of a new Mission Control Center, with remarks that look ahead to the nation’s future robotic lunar exploration plans. India’s accomplishments in space will be used to better life on Earth through improvements in agriculture, weather forecasting and energy management, according to President Pratibha Patil. http://bit.ly/uQTd5c
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