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Aug 7, 2018
The World’s First Space Mining Program Launches in Colorado
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
Aug 6, 2018
Houston, We Have a Solution: Blockchain in the Space Industry
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, space
Blockchain is used both by NASA and startups hoping to democratize space.
Analysis.
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Aug 6, 2018
Beyond the Hard Drive: Encoding Data in DNA
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, computing, space
This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems of life. Or as we prefer to think about it: Step 1: Put a dent into the universe. And Step 2: Rewrite the universe. You can see the full OSF collection here and read more about Building a Biological Immune System.
In contemplating the future, I love imagining how our daily lives today will be thought of in the future. What appears sci-fi to us today but will be “normal” 50 years from now? What inefficient and boneheaded things do we do today that future generations will look back and laugh at?
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Aug 5, 2018
Planet-hunting Kepler Telescope Wakes up, Phones Home
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Aug 4, 2018
Nanotube “Rebar” Makes Graphene Even Stronger
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics, space
You may know graphene as a pseudo-legendary substance that could potentially revolutionize science and space travel and all sorts of things. If you don’t, you should get educated is pretty ridiculous. Simply made from carbon arranged into perfect one atom thing sheets makes the material one of the strongest ever observed. And, now, researchers at Rice University have found that so-called “rebar” graphene is dramatically tougher.
Graphene is much stronger than steel. In fact, an elephant could stand on a pencil and that pressure couldn’t break through a thin sheet of the material. But, because it is arranged in sheets, it can still be ripped if damaged from the right angle. But the researchers figured that reinforcing the structure, as we do with steel bars in concrete structures, l could help prevent damage.
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Aug 2, 2018
NASA Experts Explain How The Parker Solar Probe’s Heat shield Works
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Aug 2, 2018
Scientists discovered a completely new shape hiding in our cells
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Science news is filled with fresh discoveries of all kinds of things. It seems like every day there’s a new dinosaur, planet, or ancient creature being brought back to life. Now, researchers are announcing the discovery of another new thing, but this time it’s a new… shape.
Just like the other “new” things that science brings us, the term “new” itself is relative. Just like the long-dead dinosaurs and incredibly-old planets being discovered on a regular basis, this new shape has been around for a while, but researchers are just now studying and describing it in detail. It’s called a “scutoid” and it’s actually pretty cool.
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Aug 1, 2018
The Universal Church: An Obscure Rule Puts This Bishop in Charge of the Moon
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: law, space
Bishop on the Moon?
It might sound strange, but in addition to encompassing nine counties and hundreds of cities, the Diocese of Orlando, Florida also has jurisdiction over an otherworldly object: the Moon. Why might you ask? The answer involves an obscure rule from 1917 and the Apollo 11 space mission.
On June 18th, 1968 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Florida was established. It would encompass much of the greater central Florida area, along with Cape Canaveral (We’ll get back to that later). William Donald Borders was ordained the first Bishop of Orlando. One year later, Bishop Borders would also become the first Bishop of the Moon.
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