Mining Empire: Earth Resources News

Radiation is one of the main negative biological factors of outer space. There are two types of radiation that poses potential threats: solar flares cosmic rays. Solar flares are rather powerful radioactive impulses capable of killing in a very short time. Cosmic rays are a set of various particles that have a high linear energy transfer, because of what they are called densely ionizing radiation.



Radioprotective transgenes

Such transgenes can be obtained from many organisms with a high degree of radioresistance. If we identify the genes and molecular mechanisms responsible for increased radioresistance, they can be transferred to people with the help of gene therapy.

Radioprotectors

These are medical supplies that increase the body's radiation protection. They inhibit the body's radiochemical reactions, as well as increase the reactivity of the body's protective mechanisms.

Hibernation

Hibernation causes all slowing down of processes in the human body. In the course of the experiments, it was proved that in this state resistance to extreme factors increases: temperature decrease, fatal doses of radiation, overloads, and so on.

The problem of the radiation safety of space missions' participants belongs to the class of very complex problems that impede the conquest of space and solutions are sought immediately.

It is well known that usage of the global space-based information helps to monitor either fast-moving (fires, flooding) or slow-moving processes (deforestation and burnings overgrowing, desertification), covering vast areas. Monitoring can be described as a complex system of observation for keeping the state of the environment under review, making estimates and projections of changes in its state under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors. The use of space materials for monitoring is reduced to the comparison of multi-temporal data for identifying both short-period and multi-year changes. The effectiveness of the monitoring system depends on the equipment measuring parameters and data processing algorithms.

Satellite monitoring allows controlling the state of the atmosphere, detecting technogenic emissions, hazardous processes and natural phenomena that are sources of emergency situations in order to meet the challenges of warning and organizing disaster response.

The "Biohazard" complex of studies has been developed due to the problem of the space hardware environmental safety. It studies influence of outer space to the "bacterium-substrates" systems and their work under conditions of the planet quarantine. These microbiology industry systems contain different micro-organism cultures and substrates, intended for the more efficient mining. However, under constant influence of such factors as: energetic electrons and ions flows, cold and hot space plasma, solar electromagnetic radiation, particulate matter of synthetic origin and others, the systems are prone to wear and tear.

With the help of these studies, carried out within the "Biohazard" complex, it is possible to access the "bacterium-substrates" system's work stability and its maximum resilience under the most extreme environments, without extensive support. On the basis of these studies, it is also possible to identify the most preferable micro-organisms and substrates, suitable for mining under different conditions.

Subsoil Use License is a document certifying the right to use a potion of subsoil issued by the licensing body. Since subsoil and the resources therein are state property, they can not be bought or inherited. Therefore, an interested person can be given the right to use subsoil only for a certain period of time. The conditions under which an interested person is granted a license are determined by the type of operation, for expample, geological studies, the extraction of commonly occurring mineral resources, the construction and operation of underground facilities not related to mining.
Research test sites, nature reserves and recreational areas also need a permission to use the subsoil. The license is not required if only the natural resources located within the site are to be extracted for non-commercial use.

Dear earthlings!
Happy International Aviation and Cosmonautics Day! This is a special day - the day of the triumph of science and all those who work in the space industry. We are enjoying the beauty of the Moon and waiting for you to come! And today, on April 12, to celebrate the holiday, we will organize all kinds of events on the moon - conferences, scientific and educational lectures and seminars, film screenings and much more. After all, this is a common holiday, connecting the past, present and future of the people of Earth and the Moon. Let's remember the the most remarkable events in cosmonautics history of the last century:

• On April 12, 1961, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut Yury Alekseevich Gagarin made the world's first flight into space.
  
• On July 20, 1969, American astronauts landed on the Moon. Three American astronauts participated in that famous expedition: Neil Armstrong, Edward Aldrin and Michael Collins.
  
• The first internationally crewed space mission in the history of cosmonautics took place on July 15, 1975. It involved a Soviet Soyuz-19 and an American Apollo spacecrafts.
  
• And we are determined to continue! We will keep exploring the space!.

Today, our Constellation lunar rover will take an honorary lap across the Moon's surface. Hooray!