In Praise of Large Payloads for Space by Joseph Friedlander Part 2

Ads : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Hi, everybody this is Joseph Friedlander, continuing a guest article series on Nextbigfuture. In Praise of Large Payloads for Space by Joseph Friedlander Part 1 is here In this series I hope to discuss first some of the largest systems proposed to reach orbit with big payloads, …

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All liveblogging links and Salim Ismail on Preparing Humanity for Accelerating Technological Change

Preparing Humanity for Accelerating Technological Change This was the last of the live articles from the Foresight 2010: the Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and AGI. I will clean these up today and add some articles on my own presentation from Sunday morning, which I did not have time to liveblog because I was busy presenting. …

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Russian Space Agency and Nasa Talk Joint Mars Mission in Order to Get Bigger Budgets

If Space Programs Were Richly Funded for Decades IEEE spectrum indicates that Russia has unveiled an ambitious three-decade plan for a manned space program this week at the International Aviation and Space Salon, MAKS-2009 The Russian Federal Space Agency’s hope is that its plan will become the basis for a broad international effort to send …

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