Steve Howe's Gateway to...


The Moon - new technologies for exploring the Moon such as Subterrene, microwave processing, glass from dirt, and use of lunar sulphur.

Mars - Galactic Cosmic Radiation, nuclear propulsion missions, a new kind of power conversion and why Mars Direct won't work. Includes a paper comparing a gas core nuclear rocket mission to Mars and the NASA Design Reference Mission.

Antiprotons Antimatter exists, it can be stored, and it can be used for medical, Homeland Defense, and propulsion applications. Hbar Technologies, LLC is a new small company intent upon commercializing the uses of antiprotons and designing advanced propulsion concepts such as the "Antimatter Driven Sail for Deep Space Missions"- a Phase I grant from the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts (NIAC).

Nuclear Rockets - Rover/NERVA solid core designs and performance along with details of the current gas core research.

Winner of the Carl Sagan Electronic Memorial Site of the Month award 11/98

Honor Bound Honor Born - An exciting adventure story of the first commercial lunar base and one man's efforts to survive the hostilities of both nature and his fellow man. Order a autographed hard copy directly from the author.


This page is intended for the space exploration enthusiast. Included here are the results of a decade of work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory investigating new, advanced technologies for traveling, exploring, and living in space and on other planetary bodies. Here you will find essays on why we should explore space and technical papers on a host of new ideas. Topics include advanced space power and propulsion, use of local resources on other planets, applications of antimatter for medicine and lasers, and general issues involved in exploring space. In addition, I've written an exciting new novel about an innovative way to make a private lunar base.

So welcome and enjoy.


Original Essays on Space Exploration

Click here to download "A New Way for Space"

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"Whatever Happened to America?"

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High Energy Density Propulsion: Reducing the Risk to Humans in Planetary Propulsion - a look at what is technically possible in the next decade using nuclear propulsion.

Short bio sketch on Dr. Steven D. Howe

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