Tag: University of Washington
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How to get water on Mars? UW researchers are working on a way to cook it out of soil
This vertically exaggerated view shows scalloped depressions in a part of Mars where such textures prompted researchers to check for buried ice, using ground-penetrating radar. They found about as much frozen water as the volume of Lake Superior. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Univ. of Arizona Photo) Scientists say there’s enough water in just one region of…
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NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology
Michael Bailey, the principal investigator of the research team, with the ultrasound system that will be sent to the International Space Station. Bailey’s team is incorporating technology that breaks up kidney stones into the machine. (Photo from HSNewsBeat) Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation,…
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Former Google exec Alan Eustace looks beyond his record-setting jump: ‘No reason you can’t go higher’
Former Google executive Alan Eustace recounts his record-setting jump from the stratosphere at the University of Washington, with a photo of his descent in the background. (GeekWire photo by Alan Boyle) One year after setting the world altitude record for a jump from the stratosphere, former Google executive Alan Eustace says the sky isn’t the…
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GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thought
Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is space, and our possible future in it. Joining us is Adam Bruckner — a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the University of Washington. He shares his insights and perspectives on the emerging era of commercial spaceflight, asteroid mining, the potential impact on the…