There was a November 2019, NASA Workshop on Interstellar Propulsion. It was part of the 2019 Interstellar Symposium. The workshop focused on physics-based propulsion technologies that have the potential to meet the goal of launching an interstellar probe within the next century and achieving .1c transit velocity: Beamed Energy Propulsion, Fusion, and Antimatter. The state-of-the-art …
Tesla Cybertruck pre-orders has passed a half million according to an unofficial tally updated by reservation holders. Cybertruck reservation holders at Cybertruckownersclub.com have been tracking pre-orders. They estimate 535,841 pre-orders. This is an average of 5,953 orders received per day in the 90 days since it was revealed. 17% of reservation holders want the single …
Researchers at UNSW Sydney have made improved qubits using concepts from high school chemistry. Above -A silicon qubit high-frequency measurement stage, which is positioned inside a dilution refrigerator to cool the chip to around 0.1 degrees above absolute zero. Picture: UNSW/Ken Leanfore UNSW Sydney have created artificial atoms in silicon chips that offer improved stability …
HB-11 Energy has published its progress towards generating commercial nuclear fusion using a dual laser method. the University of New South Wales reports that HB11 Energy has been granted patents for its laser-driven technique for creating fusion energy. They would use a largely empty metal sphere, where a modestly sized HB11 fuel pellet is held …
China has found live novel coronavirus particles in stool specimens indicates a fecal-oral route for coronavirus. This was likely the cause of the massive failure of the cruise ship quarantine. The cruise ship spread was like what is seen with gastro-causing norovirus, which also spreads along that pathway. Strengthening sanitation and hygiene measures are needed …
Chinese scientists have transmitted quantum computer memory between two entangled clouds of atoms over 50 kilometers. They developed an efficient atom-photon entanglement source that is suitable for low-loss transmission in fibers. This means a quantum internet could span a large city network. They entangled two clouds of a billion atoms then extracted a photon from …
Jeff Bezos launched the Bezos Earth Fund with an Instagram announcement. Bezos said Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share. This global …
Virgin Galactic (ticker symbol SPCE) has tripled in value over the last seven weeks to about $6.5 billion. Virgin Galactic will fly tourists past the 60-mile height which counts as flying into space. Virgin Galactic charges $250,000 for each passenger and have about 600 reservations and 3000 expressions of interest. Brian WangBrian Wang is a …
Elon Musk tweets out Starship nosecone production and a high bay building where Starship parts will be stacked. There seem to be about multiple Starship nosecones being built at the same time. Rocket nosecone production in Texas pic.twitter.com/KLWewja9Gn — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 19, 2020 High bay for stacking Starship engine bay, propellant tanks & …
IBM and North Carolina State University are leading the massive amount of research that will be needed to create the full quantum computer ecosystem. The standard computer industry is a nearly $4 trillion a year global ecosystem. There are many companies and researchers working on all aspects of operating systems, chips, electronics, software, testing, security …
Electrek reports that Tesla added a large new building besides its Gigafactory in Nevada. They were told that the new building will be used for Tesla Semi production. This has not been officially confirmed. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog …