by Kathi Leiden | Apr 19, 2018 | Helium, Helium Science
Elon Musk’s latest brainstorm is to use a giant party balloon to land his returning rockets gently onto a bouncy house. (Yes, he’s serious) Anyone familiar with Musk knows that he likes to challenge the impossible and reshape the way we think about...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 27, 2016 | Helium News, Helium Science
The explosion that blew the $260M SpaceX rocket off its launch pad this month was caused by a breach in the helium system. Or aliens. (Really.) If you have a few hours to kill, read the thousands of comments on this video alone, explaining the “UFO” that zooms across...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 12, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
You don’t really hear about it in the U.S., but there is a moon race going on right now and it’s all centered around mining helium-3. China is going to the moon. Japan has plans to. Russia claims it does as well. NASA—not so much, but a billionaire has...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 4, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
After breaking free from a faulty strut, a helium tank shot up through the liquid oxygen core of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ultimately causing it to explode just minutes into the June 28 launch. The Falcon 9 was filled with two tons of food, water, and supplies that...
