asiaDeveloped Country population from 17% to over 50% of World by 2050

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November 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The population of the World’s developed countries is currently a little over 1.3 billion people. This is about 17% of the world population today and will be about 50% of the world population by 2050. China, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey …
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future weaponsUS needs megawatt class combat lasers to counter hypersonic missiles

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November 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Michael Griffin, the undersecretary for research and engineering, expects future budgets to provide funds for lasers that the missile defense agency can more rapidly develop and field. Space-control needs to have megawatt-class lasers. Hypersonic weapons’ low signature in flight and …
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chinaChina has the 350 ship Navy that is the US goal

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November 19, 2018 | brian wang |
 
China has nearly 350 ships in its Navy. It is larger than the 280-ship U.S. Navy. China commissions nearly three submarines each year and will have 70 submarines by 2020. China should have 430 surface ships and 100 submarines by …
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carnival of spaceCarnival of Space 587

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November 18, 2018 | brian wang |
 
1. Universe Today – Not all the Earth’s Water Came From Comets A new model suggests that the inevitable formation of water would likely occur on any sufficiently large rocky exoplanets in extrasolar systems. Previously, we thought that the only …
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carnival of spaceCarnival of Space 586

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November 18, 2018 | brian wang |
 
< href="https://www.urban-astronomer.com/news-and-updates/carnival-of-space-586/">The Carnival of Space 586 is up at Urban Astronomer. Universe Today – Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents and Oceans to Form Complex Life Universe Today – Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 …
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medicineTufts regenerate frogs legs and they still taste like chicken

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November 18, 2018 | brian wang |
 
A team of scientists designed a device that can induce partial hindlimb regeneration in adult aquatic African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) by “kick-starting” tissue repair at the amputation site. They introduce a new model for testing “electroceuticals,” or cell-stimulating therapies. …
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batteriesNanotube film enabling ten times higher energy lithium metal batteries

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November 17, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. Over time, these tentacle-like dendrites can pierce the battery’s electrolyte core and reach the cathode, causing the battery to fail. That problem has mostly …
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boring companyBoring Machine reaches other side of LA tunnel

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November 17, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Elon Musk announced that the Boring Company completed the LA/Hawthorne tunnel. The tunneling machine broke through to the other side. pic.twitter.com/TQhb9hQRxQ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2018 Congratulations @BoringCompany on completing the LA/Hawthorne tunnel! Cutting edge technology! pic.twitter.com/80WbSQekCQ — …
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elon muskSpaceX going all in to launch unmanned BFR to Mars by 2022

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November 17, 2018 | brian wang |
 
All SpaceX rocket development decisions are to accelerate the earliest completion of the SpaceX BFR. SpaceX will no longer divert resources to make the Falcon 9 second stage reusable. The second stage modification for a mini-BFR will enable low-cost testing …
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nasaNASA may try to kill SLS around 2022 after another $16 billion is spent

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November 17, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Stephen Jurczyk, NASA’s associate administrator, told Business Insider at The Economist Space Summit that NASA will think about retiring Space Launch System (SLS) if SpaceX BFR or Blue Origin New Glenn are online. This will mean another $16 billion will …
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