Habitats – Lifeboat News: The Blog

Launch to the International Space Station

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats, space

Dec 2
2018

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LIVE ROCKET LAUNCH: Watch as NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko of Роскосмос launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew will orbit Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft for six hours before docking to their new home and beginning their six-and-a-half month mission aboard our orbiting laboratory. Launch is scheduled for 6:31 a.m. EST, with live coverage starting at 5:30 a.m. ESTune in!

This robot cafe in Tokyo is remotely controlled by disabled staff, and it’s incredible

Posted by Genevieve Klien in food, habitats, robotics/AI

Nov 30
2018

Being waited on by robot is something that we all imagine might be possible in the distant future, but one cafe in Tokyo is already offering just that… with a twist. As Fast Company reports, a visit to the “Dawn ver.β” will put you face-to-face with robot waiters that take orders from customers and deliver food to their tables.

It’s all very futuristic, but the twist here is that the robots aren’t powered by AI or some advanced automation system. Instead, they’re controlled remotely by human staff with severe disabilities working right from their own homes. The cafe, which is the result of a partnership between the Nippon Foundation, Ory Lab Inc, and ANA Holdings, is already a big hit, and its creators have big plans for the future.

Elon Musk says there’s a 70% chance he’s going to move to Mars

Posted by Genevieve Klien in climatology, Elon Musk, engineering, habitats, space travel

Nov 27
2018

Elon Musk wants humans to make it to Mars. With his company SpaceX at his back, he’s pushed forward with some incredibly bold claims about what is possible for mankind on the Red Planet. He’s shown off concepts for Mars settlements and even called out scientists who say climate engineering on the planet is impossible.

Now, in an interview with HBO’s Axios, Musk doubles down on one of the more off-the-wall claims he’s made during his years in the spotlight. Mars, he says, will be his eventual home, and he estimates his odds of moving to the planet at a generous 70%.

There’s a quiet beauty here

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats

Nov 26
2018

Looking forward to exploring my new home. go.nasa.gov/InSightRaws #MarsLanding

Touchdown on Mars!

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats, space travel

Nov 26
2018

Our NASA InSight spacecraft stuck the #MarsLanding!

Its new home is Elysium Planitia, a still, flat region where it’s set to study seismic waves and heat deep below the surface of the Red Planet for a planned two-year mission.

Our Mars Odyssey orbiter phoned home, relaying the latest news from NASA InSight that indicates that its solar panels are open and collecting sunlight on the Martian surface

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats, solar power, space, sustainability

Nov 26
2018

Also included in the dispatch: this snapshot from the lander’s arm showing the instruments in their new “plain perfect” home. Get the latest: https://go.nasa.gov/2FDGbwu

InSight Mission

Posted by Alberto Lao in habitats, space

Nov 26
2018

I feel you, Mars – and soon I’ll know your heart. With this safe landing, I’m here. I’m home.

The InSight lander will study the interior of Mars and listen for Marsquakes.

Green Housing And Technological Ecology

Posted by Genevieve Klien in habitats

Nov 24
2018

What is the solution to homelessness and the ecological harm done when creating social housing through cement structures? The resolution though architectural is also a cultural one where we must shift how approach the domestic sphere.

Non-UP engineers tapped for microsatellite program

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats

Nov 22
2018

DOST-Philippines Undersecretary for research and development Rowena Guevara had recognized that to promote wider interest on the study and use of space technologies in the country, they have to get more academe-based engineers into the program.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will get academe-based engineers outside of the University of the Philippine-Diliman to join the country’s microsatellite building program. by Rainier Allan Ronda.

China one step closer satellite navigation system Beidou that could threaten dominance of GPS

Posted by Michael Lance in habitats

Nov 20
2018

China moved a step closer to its dream of building a satellite navigation system that could challenge America’s GPS.

Aerospace firm plans a giant leap for Chinese satellite coverage with global network

Yang Changfeng, the chief designer of the system, said a basic Beidou-3 network would be in place by the end of the year to serve countries that have signed up for China’s Belt and Road Initiative – an ambitious transcontinental infrastructure initiative.

“This is a key step for Beidou to develop from a domestic experimental system to a regional and then a global navigation system,” said Yang Changfeng.

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