Carnival of Space 305

The Carnival of Space 305 is up at Astroswanny

Mars Express celebrates ten years at Mars with new global maps

Loading…

jwplayer(“pi_player”).setup({
‘dock’: ‘true’,
‘image’: ‘http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/videos/2013/05/mars_mineral_globe/12853258-3-eng-GB/Mars_mineral_globe_video_production_full.png’,
‘wmode’: ‘transparent’,
‘height’: ‘250’,
‘width’: ‘400’,
‘controlbar’: ‘bottom’,
‘quality’: ‘true’,
‘modes’: [
{ ‘type’: ‘flash’, ‘src’: ‘http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/extension/esadam/design/standard/flash/player.swf’,
‘config’: {
‘file’: ‘mp4:download/public/videos/2013/05/049/1305_049_AR_EN.mp4’,
‘streamer’: ‘rtmp://fms.50E6.edgecastcdn.net/8050E6/multimedia-delivery.esa.int’,
‘provider’: ‘rtmp’
}
},
{ ‘type’: ‘html5’,
‘config’: {
‘file’: ‘http://wpc.50E6.edgecastcdn.net/8050E6/mmedia-http/download/public/videos/2013/05/049/1305_049_AR_EN.mp4’,
‘provider’: ‘video’
}
}
]
});

Nextbigfuture – Magicians trick with mirrors can make orbiting satellites invisible across broad optical spectrum

Nextbigfuture – The technology exists to develop a ground based telescope with a 77 meter (250 foot) mirror at lower cost if it is used for narrow field study. It could do a survey of earth sized planets out to 60 light years The Colossus Telescope, a high-resolution, 77-meter multiple-mirror giant instrument, will have the ability to directly image the heat generated by other civilizations on planets orbiting stars near us. Innovative Optics, Ltd. offers proprietary solutions that will reduce the production cost of large optics by 10 to 20 times – and the production time by a significantly greater factor – compared with current techniques. Production cost per square meter of a Live Mirror drops to less than $20,000, letting IO undercut competitors while still realizing a significant profit margin in a market that currently pays more than $400,000 per square meter for a traditional mirror.

If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks