Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) made public a revised national energy policy to continue a nuclear energy phaseout despite a vote by the people of Taiwan to continue using nuclear power. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has determined that the No. 1 nuclear power plant will be decommissioned as scheduled, the service times …
1. China has approved four nuclear power reactors after a three-year pause in nuclear reactor approvals. Four Hualong One units were approved after completing a safety review. The four units can pour the nuclear island first concrete (FCD) and formally start construction. China National Nuclear Corporation Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Phase I Project No. 1 and …
China ran a simulated strike mission using a Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and has released video showing improvements to the medium range Dongfeng-26 (DF-26) ballistic missile. This was reported by the South China Morning Post. The DF-41 ICBM has a range of 15000 kilometers which is more than the United States’ LGM-30 Minuteman …
Hemp is different from marijuana. They are both cannabis but Hemp does not have psychoactive compounds. Hemp is a cannabis plant that has less than 0.3% of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Hemp is used in textiles, plastics, livestock feed, and home cooking. Hemp is also a good source of omega-3 and omega-6, amino acids, and proteins. These …
Elon Musk tweeted out the test firings of the new raptor engines. pic.twitter.com/ChEGbjTGKZ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2019 pic.twitter.com/yFhNx3fiOD — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2019 First firing of Starship Raptor flight engine! So proud of great work by @SpaceX team!! pic.twitter.com/S6aT7Jih4S — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2019 Brian WangBrian Wang is …
Elon Musk is in Texas for the test firing of the Raptor Engine that will be used on the Starhopper test vehicle. There has been over 1200 seconds of testing over two years on previous versions of the Raptor engine. The new raptor engine has been radically redesigned. Raptor is a staged combustion, methane-fueled rocket …
Saule Technologies is a leading company working on to commercialize perovskites solar cells. They launched a pilot commercial production line for inkjet printing of perovskites solar cells. They plan to reach 40,000 square meters of panels by the end of 2019 and 180,000 square meters by the end of 2020. The world’ first, large-scale prototype …
In August, 2018, Elon Musk revealed the astronaut walkway that was added the LC-39A launch tower. Recent photos from Tom McCool on twitter show the cladding that was installed on LC-39A. Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. It …
The Venezuelan interim President Juan Guaidó indicates that the General of Aviation, Francisco Yánez is supporting him. The PNB (Bolivarian National Police is Venezuela’s national police force) has refused to repress the people in Lara. More police and military officials are supporting Juan Guaidó. There were large crowds in Coro, Aragua, Barinas, Barquisimeto and more …
A NASA JPL researcher has calculated that Oumuamua was probably a cloud of debris and not an interstellar space sail fragment. There was a Harvard research theory that Oumuamua was an interstellar space sail fragment. The new JPL analysis is simpler and explains other observations and is consistent with the way other dwarf comets break …
Spaceflight Industries offers routine, cost-effective access to space by maximizing rocket ridesharing. Spaceflight to assist in identifying, booking and managing rideshare launches. They have a straightforward and cost-effective suite of products and services including state-of-the-art satellite infrastructure, rideshare launch offerings, payload integration and global communications networks, Spaceflight enables commercial, non-profit organizations and government entities to …