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Mar 10
2016

White House turns to science fiction for space colonization ideas

Life often imitates art, and the White House is hoping that theory can prevail when it extends to space travel.

As Gizmodo reports, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology brought together scientists, engineers, artists and policymakers as part of a workshop a few weeks ago to talk about what space colonization will look like and what it will mean for humanity. It was basically a “big idea” summit, with an interesting mix of perspectives imagining what a future in the stars might look like.

The summit was broken into several categories:

Mar 9
2016

New LHC results suggest there’s a flaw in the standard model of physics

Recent results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland hint at activity going on beyond the standard model of particle physics — which means we could finally be about to enter a new era in physics.

Right now, the standard model is the best explanation we have for how the Universe works and how it’s held together. But there are big gaps — most noticeably, the fact that the model doesn’t actually account for gravity — so scientists have spent decades probing the boundaries of physics for signs of any activity that the standard model can’t explain. And now they’ve found one.

The discrepancy deals with a particle called the B meson. According to the standard model, B mesons should decay at very specific angles and frequencies — but those predictions don’t match up what’s been seen in LHC experiments, suggesting that something else is going on. And if we can figure out what that is, it’ll take us closer to unlocking some of the mysteries in our Universe.

Mar 9
2016

Scientists just grew vegetables in ‘Martian’ soil — but there’s a catch

There’s no way of knowing how good our fake Mars soil really is — plus, the plants might be toxic.

Mar 9
2016

China Makes Techonological Breakthrough With Quantum Space Satellite

China’s Quantum Satellite — it’s now official China has beaten the US with their launch of a Quantum Satellite for secured communications. At this rate; US can possibly expect China has and will continue to advance its networking infrastructure. US Government has a good strategy in place.

Quantum space satellite, a satellite under the Chinese space program, is making waves in the country as it is the first satellite to deliver quantum communication in China, according to Chinese state media.

This new innovation is a breakthrough technology and it will be an asset for China’s power all over the globe.

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Mar 8
2016

Jeff Bezos Lifts Veil on His Rocket Company, Blue Origin

Mr. Bezos introduced reporters to Blue Origin for the first time on Tuesday, offering updates on his space tourism plans and a new engine that is being developed.

Mar 8
2016

Blue Origin planning human test flights to space

Private space company Blue Origin expects it will launch its first human test flights into space in 2017.

Mar 8
2016

Terraforming Mars: Turning the Red Planet Green

Here’s how scientists think we could turn Mars into Earth 2.0…

Mar 8
2016

D3 Space Solar Proposal Presentation

Mar 3
2016

Mars Had a Volcanic Blowup So Huge It Tilted the Planet

Not a great time to be living on Mars, me thinks. wink

Space is so metal.

Mar 3
2016

What One Year of Space Travel Does to the Human Body — By Marina Koren | The Atlantic

“The goal of the yearlong expedition is to better understand how the human body reacts to microgravity for long durations. Researchers say they hope the data acquired in this mission will help them figure out how to send humans on even longer missions, like one to Mars, which would take two-and-a-half years, roundtrip.”