Now that the SpaceX Heavy has succeeded. There will now be a public test of US government spending corruption. We will now see if a clearly technically and economically superior alternative can kill $30 billion in waste for an inferior and delayed project over the next decade. We will also see if the US government …
Reduced sunspot activity has been observed and indicates the sun is heading into a 50 year reduced solar activity similar to what happened in the mid-17th century. Comparison to similar stars indicates the reduced activity will cause 0.25% less UV for 50 years. Modeling indicates that this will cause a few tenths of a degree …
•Crumpled graphene particles can readily assemble to yield a scaffold •The scaffold can stabilize scalable Li loading within tolerable volume fluctuation •High Coulombic efficiency and plating/stripping capacity were achieved Context and Scale With its high theoretical capacity and low electrochemical potential, Li would be the ideal anode for Li-ion batteries. However, practical use of the …
The SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket is undergoing detailed engineering design now. It is being designed with the same computer model designs and software that were used for the successful Falcon Heavy. The successful first test of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy gives Elon Musk confidence in the computer design models. In 2019, we should be seeing …
Elon Musk tweeted that the Third burn successful (for the upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy). Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt. Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt. pic.twitter.com/bKhRN73WHF — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2018 Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought …
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy can reach all of the Department of Defense’s nine reference orbits and its costs one quarter the Delta IV Heavy. A former Pentagon official now advising SpaceX said that the Falcon Heavy may be compelling to the Defense Department given both its payload capacity and its low price. “It’s really a …
At the press conference, Elon Musk says that the center core ran out of propellant, which kept the core from being able to slow down as much as it needed for landing. Because of that, the core apparently hit the water at 300 mph, and it was about 100 meters from the ship. Elon said …
An off-the-wall new study by Brown University researchers shows that terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without dropping too much data. The results are good news for the feasibility of future terahertz wireless data networks, which have the potential to carry many times more data than current networks. Today’s cellular networks and …
Here is the live video of the press conference from SpaceX and Elon Musk after the successful test launch of the Falcon Heavy. Elon starts talking after 50 minutes. Falcon Heavy has the same level of expendability as the Falcon 9. The only part that won’t be recoverable from the Falcon Heavy is the upper …
Wikipedia has a comparison of orbital launch systems. A heavy-lift launch vehicle, HLV or HLLV, is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting between 20,000 to 50,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO). Falcon Heavy has successfully launched and will be able to life 64-tons into low earth orbit for $90 million. Competing vehicles certified …
Here is the video of the landing of the two SpaceX Falcon Heavy side boosters landing. 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 disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial …