April 21, 2017 |
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Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a subsurface ocean covered by a layer of ice. Some liquid escapes into space through cracks in the ice, which is the source of one of Saturn’s rings. In October 2015, the Cassini spacecraft flew directly …
April 7, 2017 |
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Lockheed Martin is studying the capabilities needed to support human pioneering in deep space. Habitats, known formally as “exploration augmentation modules,” are essential for the exploration of the outer bounds of space. “The habitat will support missions in the proving …
March 30, 2017 |
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The Navy and Missile Defense Agency are leveraging prototyping programs to incrementally pursue complex ideas such as a laser weapon integrated into the Aegis Combat System and a high-power laser for boost-phase kill in missile defense, officials said today at …
March 27, 2017 |
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SpaceX is now targeting 6 p.m. Thursday for its first re-launch of a used Falcon 9 rocket booster, a mission that aims to loft a commercial communications satellite to orbit from Kennedy Space Center. Launch teams on Monday aimed to …
March 27, 2017 |
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The Carnival of Space 502 is up at Urban Astronomer. Evolving Planet – Origami-inspired Microbots, Our Future Planet Explorers Nextbigfuture – 3d printing using simulated lunar and martian regolith combined with common biologically derived polymer Nextbigfuture – Next Japanese solar …
March 27, 2017 |
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Four ASEAN Countries will become trillion dollar economies by 2030 Southeast Asia is expected to be one of the world’s fastest growing regions, with four ASEAN nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand – expected to join the ranks …
March 23, 2017 |
brian wang |
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2017 is being discussed at the The House Communications Subcommittee. President Donald Trump plans a trillion dollar infrastructure package that will almost certainly include broadband. If the US adopts a “dig once” policy, construction workers …
March 19, 2017 |
brian wang |
On the low estimate for 1.5C degree change, the world is about 14 months away from using up the permitted CO2 emissions. On the low estimate for 2C degree change, the world is less than ten years away from using …
March 7, 2017 |
brian wang |
The U.S. Navy has 10 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. That’s below the number mandated by Federal law, but the Navy was granted a waiver while it waited for the Gerald R. Ford to enter the fleet. The Ford has seen repeated …
