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Nov 27, 2021

‘Star Trek’ Meme Reminds Us To Be Thankful For Earth Itself

Posted by in categories: education, habitats, space travel, sustainability

Facebook has been rife with “Star Trek” Thanksgiving memes for the last week or more which in and of itself is puzzling. “Star Trek” is hardly the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about when commemorating the first harvest feast shared by this country’s Pilgrim colonists and local Native Americans.

But it’s reasonable to assert that “Star Trek” and Thanksgiving are at least tangentially linked since the latter is a celebration of home and hearth whereas “Star Trek” is a celebration of humankind’s exploration of the cosmos. Certainly, this time of year represents an ideal time of year to be thankful for home and shelter.

As for “Star Trek”?

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Nov 27, 2021

China’s New Space Nuclear Reactor Might Be 100 Times More Powerful Than NASA’s

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space travel

And the prototype design is already completed.

China’s space program has completed a prototype design for a powerful nuclear reactor, a report from the South China Morning Post reveals.

The country’s space program is building the device to keep up with other space agencies that have also drawn plans to go nuclear, such as NASA, which recently made a call for private firms to develop a nuclear fission system to power missions on the Moon within 10 years.

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Nov 27, 2021

Could Luxury Submarine Trips Thrive as an Alternative to Space Tourism?

Posted by in categories: climatology, space travel, sustainability

Deepsea submersible diving could compete with space tourism.

A form of luxury tourism is hitting the deep sea thanks to a small handful of firms providing state-of-the-art private submersibles to high-paying customers.

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Nov 26, 2021

What Other Billionaires Really Think of Elon Musk

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space travel

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is not only the world’s richest person, but he’s also worth more than Warren Buffet and Bill Gates combined! Stay tuned to find out what other billionaires think of Elon Musk and subscribe to Futurity.

#elonMusk #jeffBezos #tesla.

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Nov 26, 2021

Blue Origin’s Next Space Flight Includes Two Special Guests

Posted by in category: space travel

Blue Origin has announced its next suborbital space flight for December and it includes two special guests among the crew of six.

Nov 26, 2021

Indian lunar lander, Japanese rover to explore Moon in LUPEX mission, says JAXA Official

Posted by in categories: policy, space travel

The Indian and Japanese space agencies are planning a joint mission to the Moon, that is meant to explore the Polar region.

The mission, which will be known as Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), will feature an Indian lunar lander and a Japanese rover.

Dr Hiroshi Yamakawa, President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed this and Japan’s future mission plans, at the Sydney Dialogue, an initiative by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

Nov 26, 2021

Dronut X1 drone keeps its rotors safely inside its body

Posted by in categories: drones, internet, robotics/AI, space travel

It’s a cool concept; the blades cant get caught, or stuck, or broken. but, it’s pretty loud, there’s no audio in the demo videos. Still, i think a flying drone would be superior for exploring underground structurers and caves, til it hit a door or something anyways. Anyhow, i think the flight system should focus on some kind of a total silence ion drive.


It was three years ago that we first heard about the Cleo, a robust, donut-shaped prototype drone made by Cleo Robotics. Well, its successor is now commercially available, under the new (and apt) name of the Dronut X1.

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Nov 25, 2021

What will Elon Musk’s Company SpaceX do after reaching mars?

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, habitats, space travel

SpaceX is determined to send people to Mars by 2024. But what will they do after reaching Mars? What’s their plan for the red planet? It’s quite normal for us to ask such questions. In this article, we will find the answers to these inquiries.

Billionaire Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the vision of colonizing Mars. SpaceX is already building the next-generation spacecraft Starship to make his dream real. This company has a plan to send uncrewed missions to Mars within 2022 by the Starship and crewed missions within 2024.

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Nov 25, 2021

Kayak on Titan? Soar past exoplanets? Epic new NASA video envisions future space travel

Posted by in category: space travel

A new NASA video advertises a suite of its real-life missions as previewing an “Exoplanet Travel Bureau” of the future.

Nov 24, 2021

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces first interplanetary launch

Posted by in categories: drones, space travel

SpaceX has aced its first operational interplanetary launch, sending NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on its way out of the Earth-Moon system as part of the world’s first planetary defense mission.

Right on time, SpaceX’s flight-proven Falcon 9 booster lifted off at 10:21 pm PST with an expendable upper stage, new fairing, and the ~630 kg (~1400 lb) DART spacecraft in tow, reaching a nominal low Earth parking orbit about eight minutes later. A few seconds after the second stage’s first engine cutoff (SECO-1), booster B1063 safely landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY), wrapping up its third orbital-class launch and spaceflight in twelve months.

Around 28 minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s orbital second stage fired up for the second and final time. In just 53 seconds, Falcon 9’s upper stage accelerated from a stable velocity (relative to Earth’s surface) of 7.5 kilometers per second (4.7 mi/s) to almost 11.1 km/s (6.9 mi/s), sending DART (and itself) from low Earth orbit (LEO) to an Earth escape trajectory that will ultimately leave them in orbit around the sun.