Arxiv – Breakthrough Starshot is an initiative to prove ultra-fast light-driven nanocrafts, and lay the foundations for a first launch to Alpha Centauri within the next generation. Along the way, the project could generate important supplementary benefits to solar system exploration. A number of hard engineering challenges remain to be solved before these missions can …
Credible reports indicate that China is already building at least one conventional carrier in the 80,000-ton range and there are rumors China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier will be nuclear powered. China is following up the domestically produced Type 001 (copy of the small Liaoning carrier) —with the Type 002. The Type 002 is expected to …
Credible reports indicate that China is already building at least one conventional carrier in the 80,000-ton range and there are rumors China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier will be nuclear powered. China is following up the domestically produced Type 001 (copy of the small Liaoning carrier) —with the Type 002. The Type 002 is expected to …
China’s Belt and Road Initiative can help make up for infrastructure funding gap to support ASEAN’s regional initiatives namely the ASEAN Economic Community 2025 (AEC 2025) and Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025). ASEAN countries are in dire need of infrastructure financing. According to the Asian Development Bank, ASEAN would require about US$2.3 …
China’s Belt and Road Initiative can help make up for infrastructure funding gap to support ASEAN’s regional initiatives namely the ASEAN Economic Community 2025 (AEC 2025) and Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025). ASEAN countries are in dire need of infrastructure financing. According to the Asian Development Bank, ASEAN would require about US$2.3 …
In 1988, China and India’s economies were relatively close in terms of economic output. China’s economy now is five times bigger, and China’s defense budget is three times larger than India’s. India has a lot of catching up to do, even if it could manage to maintain for some time the current 7.2 percent growth …
In 1988, China and India’s economies were relatively close in terms of economic output. China’s economy now is five times bigger, and China’s defense budget is three times larger than India’s. India has a lot of catching up to do, even if it could manage to maintain for some time the current 7.2 percent growth …
Elon Musk stated during Tesla’s first-quarter 2018 earnings call that the production version of the Tesla Semi would have almost 600 miles of range. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many …
The Bureau of Economic Analysis indicates that California had GDP growth of 3.4% and Texas had GDP growth of 5.2%. At the end of 2017, California had a GDP of $2.80 trillion and Texas had a GDP of 1.75 trillion. The US has a GDP of $19.6 trillion at the end of 2017. In May, …
The Japan Center for Economic Research released a medium-term economic forecast for Asia from 2018-2030. India, Vietnam and Philippines should have high economic growth through 2030. In the baseline scenario, Indonesia should reach global upper middle-income level (over $4000 per person) in 2019 and the Philippines in 2022 and Vietnam around 2029. India will not …
The European Space Agency Gaia mission will detect all celestial bodies down to magnitude 20. Gaia measures the positions, distances, space motions and many physical characteristics of some one billion stars in our Galaxy and beyond. For many years, the state of the art in celestial cartography has been the Schmidt surveys of Palomar and …