Japan’s Post-K supercomputer will have peak performance that is 100 times the performance of the 10.5 petaflop performance of the K supercomputer. The K supercomputer was completed in 2011. the post-K should be publicly operating in 2021. Am almost there from the airport but first my Uber will have to cut through downtown to avoid …
Computer modeling at Johns Hopkins finds that asteroids are stronger than we used to think and require more energy to be completely shattered. In the early 2000s, a different research team created a computer model into which they input various factors such as mass, temperature, and material brittleness, and simulated an asteroid about a kilometer …
The Carnival of Spadce 601 is up at Universe Today. NASA is on track to launching the WFIRST space telescope around 2025. The telescope will be about the same size as the Hubble Telescope, but it will have a vastly better camera. The camera will be able to take 300-megapixel images. The WFIRST should be …
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently said the new goal for California’s High-Speed Rail project would be to complete a 171-mile long section between Merced and Bakersfield. The original goal objective was to link San Franciso and Los Angeles. The current costs estimates for Merced to Bakersfield is $16 to 18 billion. However, this is likely …
China has been spending trillions of dollars on ultra-high voltage electrical grids, large hydroelectric dams and dams for pumped hydro energy storage. China is spending about $2.2 trillion on new energy and grid construction from 2016-2020. There are many benefits to the super-electrical grid. It enables power to be moved from massive coal, hydro, wind …
The Pentagon has decided to cut the US aircraft carrier fleet from 11 to 10. In 2014, there was a proposal to cancel the mid-life upgrade of the USS George Washington. This proposal was defeated. The mid-life upgrade cancellations have been part of negotiations to get larger military budgets. The proposal will be in the …
The SpaceX Starhopper nose cone has had a third section added. SpaceX is using improved welding methods for the new replacement nose cone versus the previous wind damaged nose cone. #StarHopper yesterday. Nosecone grows another section. #SpaceX (📷 credits: Rick Bichel & Maria Pointer) 1/2 pic.twitter.com/mbyqBO7pKZ — Cowboy Dan (@CowboyDanPaasch) February 28, 2019 … and …
Elon Musk has tweeted that Tesla will unveil the Model Y on Marhc 14. The Model Y will be 10% bigger than the Model 3. It will be a SUV-crossover vehicle. It will cost 10% more than the Model 3. Elon has tweeted that the Model 3 will have normal doors instead of the winged …
Here is the planned schedule is for the SpaceX crew Dragon schedule. <del>The countdown should start in less than one hour.</del> There was a successful launch. It will take one day to rendezvous with the space station. There will be a five day mission. There was a successful landing of the first stage. Mission Timeline (all …
For at least the next, ten to fifteen years, people who want to apply lifestyle and medicine to apply the latest research in antiaging it will mostly be do-it-yourself. People will have to seek out open-minded doctors if they need certain prescriptions. There will also be options in terms of overseas pharmacies and clinics. Clearly, …
A portion of NASA’s $21.5 billion 2019 budget is for developing advanced space power and propulsion technology. NASA will spend $176 to $217 million on maturing new technology. There are projects that NASA has already been working on and others that NASA will start and try to complete. There will be propulsion, robotics, materials and …