Spacex Heavy Animation Video showing reuse

When Falcon Heavy lifts off later this year, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. Thrust at liftoff is equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft operating simultaneously. Animation shows the Spacex heavy boosters returning SOURCES – Youtube Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and …

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USA unable to keep secrets, it should sell military tech to China and come out ahead

Recently it was confirmed that a data breach of 50 terabytes (data of five Libraries of Congress) already took place in 2007 at the prime subcontractor Lockheed Martin. Chinese hackers have successfully obtained data on the B-2 stealth bomber, the F35 jet, the F-22 jet, space-based lasers, missile navigation and tracking systems, as well as …

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USA SM-3 and Russia S500 Deployment of Continental Range Anti-ICBM systems

The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to intercept short-to intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against a satellite at the lower end …

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US hit another post-1973 oil production record and oil storage space is shrinking worldwide

US crude oil production hit another post-1973 record with 9.213 million barrels per day. Oil storage space is shrinking in the US and Europe as USA and Saudi Arabia and OPEC are not cutting back on production. Oil tankers are once again being heavily used to store crude oil by oil traders who are counting …

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Ukraine upgrading and replacing T64 IFV tank variant and heavy lift cargo plane

Ukraine is usually the 4th largest arms exporter in the world and is currently in a war with Russia. Russia is the second largest arms exporter in the world. Ukraine has renewed development of heavy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) based on the T-64 main battle tank (MBT), Ukroboronprom has announced. The Kharkov Morozov Machine Building …

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Basic Science Shows Graphene has long term potential to triple the efficiency for solar power

Studies have hinted that graphene can also be used as a photovoltaic material, turning light into electricity. Using a cutting-edge spectroscopic method, scientists at EPFL and collaborators have demonstrated that by absorbing a single photon, graphene can generate multiple electrons that have enough energy to drive an electrical current. Until now, graphene’s potential for efficient …

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Confirmation that China stole F35, F22 and B2 stealth bomber secrets as early as 2007

Der Spiegel published a new tranche of documents provided to the German weekly magazine by the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden. The documents are the first public confirmation that Chinese hackers have been able to extrapolate top secret data on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jet. According to sources, the …

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NASA JPL making helicopter drones for Mars exploration

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab is making a Mars Helicopter drone. It is a proposed add-on to Mars rovers of the future that could potentially triple the distance these vehicles currently drive in a Martian day, and deliver a new level of visual information for choosing which sites to explore. The helicopter would fly ahead of …

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