Spring 2018
Category: futurism – Page 182
First integration of European reusable stage demonstrator Themis
ArianeGroup has successfully completed the initial mechanical integration of Themis, the European reusable launcher first stage demonstrator, at its Les Mureaux facility in France.
Standing 28 meters tall, the prototype comprises the Multi-Engine Bay (MEB), tanks, the Flight Control Bay (FCB), and the upper segment that completes the stage structure.
The Themis demonstrator will be powered by Prometheus, a new-generation, throttleable cryogenic engine also developed by ArianeGroup.
Mars Is Likely Hiding Oceans Worth Of Water Deep In Its Crust — This Could Upend Our Plans For the Planet
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A year and a half after the end of its mission, NASA’s InSight Mars lander may have just helped scientists find enough water to fill an ocean.
Deep beneath NASA’s InSight lander (RIP InSight), an ocean’s worth of liquid water may be trapped in rocky fissures, suggests a recent study of data recorded during more than 1,300 Marsquakes. If University of California, San Diego, geologist Vashan Wright and his colleagues are right, then Mars may be hiding underground reservoirs of water larger than the planet’s ancient, now-vanished, oceans. That could change how we search for traces of life on Mars, as well as how future Mars missions could supply themselves with water, rocket fuel, and oxygen to breathe.
Wright and his colleagues published their work in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.
Newly identified scorpion species ‘spits’ venom to defend itself
A scorpion discovered in South America can spray venom out of its stinger and hit targets up to 35 centimetres away.
Happy Holidays | 2024 | Boston Dynamics
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Wishing you a holiday season full of light and laughter as we flip over into the new year!
