futureSpaceX Big Falcon SpaceShip has a new design with three larger fins

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September 14, 2018 | brian wang |
 
SpaceX has shown a new rendering of the SpaceX BFR spaceship with three large mini-wings (fins). There is now a dark heat shield along the belly. SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard …
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dronesBoeing making navy MQ-25A refueling drone

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September 14, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Boeing has an $805 million contract to build and support four large MQ-25A unmanned drones. The four drones will have initial operation in 2024. They will supply refueling. The Navy eventually plans to buy 72 more Stingray drones with a …
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energyKorean Fusion Tokomak Project applies additional magnetic fields to prevent a type of instability

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Korean Fusion tokamak fusion reactor scientists have determined additional magnetic field can avoid a difficult plasma instability. Nature – 3D field phase-space control in tokamak plasmas Abstract A small relaxation of the axisymmetric magnetic field of a tokamak into a …
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colonizationSpaceX BFR will allow people to work and live in space and the hardest parts of engine development are done

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell said most of the difficulty of designing and building BFR’s advanced Raptor engine was already behind SpaceX. The new SpaceX BFR schedule is for short hop testing late next year and full orbital launches in 2021. …
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hypersonicPictures of US Glide Breaker program for space-based anti-hypersonic weapons and sensors

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary, gave a rough estimate for deploying space-based interceptors can be calculated on the $20,000 per kilogram is costs to send material into low earth orbit. Thus a force of 1,000 space-based interceptors each weighing 1,000 kilograms …
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DNAWoolly Mammoths would prevent the permafrost from melting and help save the planet

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The goal of woolly mammoth project is to solve the permafrost climate issue. The top area of the world is covered in permafrost. The Siberian and Canadian tundra is this mass of permafrost and that permafrost is a ticking time …
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nanowireSuperconducting nanowires created that are promising for future quantum computers

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Dutch researchers have successfully developed nanowires allowing individual electrons to be captured by a ‘quantum dot’ on which superconductivity can take place. These nanowires could make powerful quantum computers. The combination of a quantum dot and superconductivity makes it possible …
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australiaGreat Barrier Reef coral that was damaged has recovered a lot

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC), a non-profit enterprising Australian organization, has reported substantial signs of recovery for corals affected by mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. A milder 2017-18 summer as well as cooperation between science, …
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earthquakeGeocosmo set up earthquake warning facility in Turkey

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
In 2017, a facility in Turkey was established through a collaboration between Turkey’s Natural Movements Research Foundation (DOHAD) and the GeoCosmo Research Center Foundation, a California-based group associated with NASA. “We will measure plenty of data and assess it. The …
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amazonRichest man in the world has launched a $2 billion fund to help the homeless

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September 13, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, richest man in the world, and his wife have launched a $2 billion fund to help the homeless. They will create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities. Jeff Bezos ($164 billion) has a higher …
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