Archive for the ‘space’ category: Page 926
Feb 27, 2017
Space, environment, resources, jobs
Posted by Nicola Bagalà in categories: employment, energy, space
An answer to concerns about rejuvenation-induced overpopulation from a logistical point of view.
Why do we worry about overpopulation? What’s so bad about it? Well, several things. We could have too many people with respect to the space available on Earth; too many people and not enough jobs for everyone; too many people and not sufficient resources; too many people polluting the environment beyond what it can take.
Feb 26, 2017
What Is NASA’s Big Exoplanet Announcement About? A Few Theories
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: space
Feb 26, 2017
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab created these super-strong grippers
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: space
Feb 25, 2017
Here’s the Bonkers Idea to Make a Hyperloop-Style Rocket Launcher
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: energy, space, transportation
Feb 24, 2017
High-Altitude Balloon Company Wants to Open a New Market at the Edge of Space
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GFdXBQPuznU
World View Enterprises, a private company that plans to sell balloon rides to the edge of space, has announced the grand opening of its new headquarters and a conjoined spaceport in Tucson, Arizona.
The new facility will soon be launching World View’s non-crewed high altitude balloons, which could provide a low-cost alternative to launching payloads into space, according to company representatives. The balloons can carry instruments and equipment that could, for example, be used to consistently observe severe weather events or natural disasters. The balloon could also carry equipment for scientific investigations, communications, remote sensing and wealth of other potential applications.
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Feb 24, 2017
What will the James Webb Space Telescope reveal about the newly discovered exoplanets?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
The discovery of seven habitable planets just 40 light years away is certainly impressive, but the fact is, they are still 40 light years away. Unless we’re willing and able to spend thousands of years traveling through space, we won’t be rolling into the TRAPPIST-1 system anytime soon. This means that over the coming decades, advanced scientific instruments closer to home will play very important roles in exploring these distant worlds – perhaps none more so than the James Webb Space Telescope. So what can we expect when it is fired into orbit next year? We checked in with some of the scientists behind yesterday’s hugely exciting discovery to learn how astronomers will use NASA’s next-generation space telescope to probe the secrets of the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Feb 23, 2017
VP tasks Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to lead Mars 2117 project
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, government, quantum physics, robotics/AI, space
UAE will be a major player in technology innovation of the future as they like Israel, Africa, Eastern Europe, and various parts of Asia such as the current ones of China and India as well as Australia and Vietnam will be the new emerging leaders in tech innovation. We’re entering a period of radical change and a complete overhaul of science (including medical) and technology thanks to the realities and opportunities of Quantum. The following announcement shows US UAE’s own commitment to being a leader and I promise you there is much more to come from these amazing hotspots of innovation and invention.
Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued directives to Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, to lead the Mars 2117 project and prepare a 100-year plan for its implementation.
As per his directives, the centre’s plan will focus on preparing specialised national cadres and developing their capabilities in the fields of space science, research, artificial intelligence, robotics and advanced space technologies.
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Feb 23, 2017
Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: quantum physics, space
Now for something pretty wild and cool.
A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories.