4. Newest developments in outer space (existing and
emerging)
1) Inflatable space elevator idea
2) Asteroid impact early-warning
system's 1st telescope (ATLAS#1)
3) Gecko feet inspire climbing space
robots
4) Nasa finds closest earth twin (Kepler
452b exoplanet) yet in haul of 500
alien planets
5) Found 'young jupiter,‘ (51 Eridani b)
the smallest exoplanet directly seen
by telescope
5. Features / Advantages
Inflatable Space Elevator Idea
- reaches 12 miles (20
kilometers) above the Earth's
surface
- 30 percent cheaper than
the fuel required by a conventional
rocket
7. Features / Advantages
Asteroid impact early-warning
system's 1st telescope (ATLAS#1)
up and running
- one day's warning for a 30-
kiloton "town killer"
- a week for a 5-megaton
"city killer“ -
- three weeks for a 100-
megaton "county killer."
9. Features / Advantages
Gecko feet inspire climbing space
robots
- could help robots inspect
and repair the space station's
exterior
- could help astronauts to
repair and service satellites
- could help robots to grab
space garbage and try to clear it
out of the way
- can support more than 150
Newtons of force
10. Features / Advantages
Nasa finds closest earth twin
(Kepler 452b exoplanet) yet in
haul of 500 alien planets
- first possibly rocky,
habitable planet around a solar-
type star
- 60 percent wider/ 5 times
more massive than Earth
- lies 1,400 light-years away
- possesses a thick
atmosphere, lots of water and
active volcanoes
- completes one orbit every
385 days
- circles a sunlike star that's
10 percent bigger and 20 percent
brighter than Sun
12. Features / Advantages
Found 'young jupiter,‘ (51 Eridani
b) the smallest exoplanet directly
seen by telescope
- located 96 light-years from
Earth in a planetary system that
may be much like Earth's own
solar system
- first exoplanet discovered
using the Gemini Planet Imager
- only 20 million years old
- glows from the heat of its
creation
- twice the mass of Jupiter
13. 51 Eridani b
This image is the discovery photo of alien planet 51 Eridani b
(labeled as b)