1. Astroengine has a picture and video of the launch of Ares I-X. 2 The Universe Today had seven pictures of the Ares i-X launch 3. Collect Space reports NASA’s Ares I-X to fly on historic hardware with commemorative payload 4. Centauri Dreams takes a look in two posts at the National Research Council report …
An IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report on Uranium until 2050 has the above chart. Market Based Demand Cases (Tons per year neededLow demand case 1 917 990Middle demand case 4 158 280High demand case 6 406 190 The conclusions of a World Nuclear Association report,The Global Nuclear Fuel Market Supply and Demand 2009-2030 are …
On the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology blog comments, Philip Moriarty discusses his plans for testing the viability of positionally-controlled atom-by-atom fabrication of diamondoid materials as described in the Freitas-Merkle minimal toolset theory paper. A combination of low temperature tuning fork (Qplus) AFM, STM, and tunnelling spectroscopy (dI/dV and d2I/dV2, i.e. inelastic tunnelling spectroscopy) will be …