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Popular Science

MIT researchers have developed lightweight, inflatable tents that could allow astronauts to spend more time exploring the moon, reports Charles Choi for Popular Science. Choi explains that the mobile overnight habitat, designed to fit aboard a no-frills lunar rover” would only take up “roughly half as much space as an average refrigerator” when packed. 

BetaBoston

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Professor Dava Newman as the NASA deputy administrator, writes Janelle Nanos for BetaBoston. “It’s an enormous honor to serve at NASA in times when our country is extending humanity’s reach into space while strengthening American leadership here on Earth,” says Newman. 

The Hill

Jordain Carney writes for The Hill that the Senate has approved Professor Dava Newman to be NASA’s next deputy administrator.

The Wall Street Journal

In an article for The Wall Street Journal, Prof. Sara Seager imagines what space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life will be like in 2045. Seager writes that, “Data has been flooding in from the nation’s latest space telescope, one with a 30-meter-diameter mirror (the Hubble’s, for comparison, was 2.4 meters).”

New York Times

Professor Sara Seager describes her favorite photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, which shows newborn stars surrounded by raw planetary materials, in an article for The New York Times. “This image is my favorite because even more astonishing than the beauty is the implication,” writes Seager. 

USA Today

Mary Bowerman writes for USA Today that while the Mars One Project has narrowed its applicants to the top 100, MIT researchers question whether the technology exists to accomplish the mission. "A lot of the technologies you need to sustain life on Mars are very much in development,” says Ph.D. candidate Sydney Do.

The Huffington Post

Following the announcement of the shortlist for participants for the Mars One project, Michael Rundle of The Huffington Post reports on an MIT study indicating that current technology makes the mission infeasible. Even with additional technology “the Mars One mission would become exceedingly expensive and unsustainable” over time, explains Ph.D candidate Sydney Do.

HuffPost

The Huffington Post reports on an analysis of the Mars One project led by Professor Olivier de Weck. “We’re not saying, black and white, Mars One is infeasible,” explains de Weck. “But we do think it’s not really feasible under the assumptions they’ve made.”

Bloomberg Businessweek

Justin Bachman writes for Bloomberg BusinessWeek about Prof. Dava Newman’s proposal for the skin-tight BioSuit, meant to replace today’s bulky spacesuits. BioSuit “shrinks onto the body, achieving pressurization not with gas but with a soft exoskeleton of heat-activated materials that shape to fit the traveler’s frame.”

U.S. News & World Report

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered methane and carbon in Martian rocks, reports Andrew Soergel for U.S. News & World Report. “Organics are important because they can tell us about the chemical pathways by which they were formed and preserved,” says Prof. Roger Summons, a member of the Curiosity team.

Forbes

Professor Roger Summons is part of the Curiosity team that has detected a large spike in methane on Mars, which could indicate the presence of life, writes Brid-Aine Parnell for Forbes. “This first confirmation of organic carbon in a rock on Mars holds much promise,” says Summons.

Boston Globe

Prof. Richard Binzel speaks with Boston Globe reporter Carolyn Johnson about the New Horizons spacecraft, which will collect information about Pluto. “Everything we know about Pluto up to this point has been learned through telescopes," says Binzel. "That will change starting early next year."

Newsweek

MIT engineers have examined the feasibility of the Mars One colonization plans and found that new technologies will be necessary for human survival on Mars, writes Lucy Draper for Newsweek. “[W]e do think it’s not really feasible under the assumptions they’ve made,” says Professor Oliver De Weck.

Wired

Wired reporter Kyle Vanhemert writes about the next-generation space suit Professor Dava Newman is designing to give astronauts greater mobility.  The suit, a “form-fitting ‘soft exoskeleton’,” would serve as a “second-skin suit” for astronauts, Newman explains. 

EFE

Elvira Palomo reports for EFE on new findings from a team of MIT researchers that indicates the Mars One colonization plans are flawed. "Our current technological level does not make such a mission possible," explains graduate student Sydney Do.