Indonesian president Joko Widodo expressed on Monday his hope that China will build Indonesia into an Asian production base with ever increasing economic cooperation between the two countries. Widodo made his statement during a meeting with the visiting chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Yu Zhengsheng, said Indonesian …
The closest-ever pictures of Pluto and its moon Charon shows two separate hemispheres in color. There are unknown dark spots that look like pepperoni slices. New Horizons is now less than 9.5 million miles (15 million kilometers) from the Pluto system. The spacecraft is healthy and all systems are operating normally. On May 15, 2015, …
Russia’s hypersonic mach 10 Yu-71 missile can break through any missile defense system, military experts said. Russia has reportedly carried out four tests already. The Russians have been developing the new Yu-71 vehicle for several years and conducted the most recent flight test in February, according to an article published this month in Jane’s Intelligence …
If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows that two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably. “Hubble has provided a new view of Pluto and …
Spacex has some new posters promoting Mars colonization and exploration. They use a retrofuture style. Adventure awaits! Explore Mars’ ultimate vacation destinations http://t.co/KpluQw4cow pic.twitter.com/kptj27x1LD— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 15, 2015 Tired of the same old travel destinations? Discover the wonder of Mars http://t.co/KpluQw4cow pic.twitter.com/vD9oLSuY5r— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 15, 2015 Max acceleration was 6X gravity, altitude 1187m, …
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant planets known. The discovery demonstrates that Spitzer, from its unique perch in space, can be used to help solve the puzzle of how planets are …
The Aragoscope: Ultra-High Resolution Optics at Low Cost starts from 1 hour into the video. The goal is to create space telescopes with hundreds of meters of diameter. The Aragoscope diffracts light into collection areas. A fraction of the light is collected. A hundred meter aragoscope with many 3 millimeter to one centimeter of width …
Mei Zhiqiang, deputy head of the birth-control bureau in Shanxi province and a Standing Committee member of the province’s political advisory body, is calling for a two child minimum in China. “For the prosperity of our nation and the happiness of us and our children, we should make a serious effort to adjust the demographic …
US Crude oil production hit another post-1973 record with 9.28 million barrels per day. US daily crude oil production history from 1920 to today. The peak was in 1970 and was just short of 10 million barrels per day. Todays production level is the highest since February of 1973. North Dakota reached 1.227 million barrels …
The traditional criticism of reverse-osmosis technology is that it costs too much. The process uses a great deal of energy to force salt water against polymer membranes that have pores small enough to let fresh water through while holding salt ions back. However, Sorek desalination plant in Israel will profitably sell water to the Israeli …
A new software system developed at the University of Michigan uses video game technology to help solve one of the most daunting hurdles facing self-driving and automated cars—the high cost of the laser scanners they use to determine their location. Ryan Wolcott, a U-M doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering, estimates that it could …