Jul 15, 2017
Space Wars: Why the Air Force and Navy Will Fight For Control of the Space Corps
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
The creation of the U.S. Space Corps should not be seen as a failure on the part of the Air Force.
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Jul 10, 2017
NASA announces winners for latest round of 3D Printed Habitat challenge, over $200k prize money awarded
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, economics, habitats, space
Phase 1, which was the Design part of the competition, was completed back in 2015. Phase 2 is the Structural Member Competition, and the most recent level challenged competitors to 3D print a beam for bend testing. Scores were calculated based on the final material composition of the 3D printed beam and the maximum load that could be held before it failed.
Seoul-based Moon X Construction were not eligible for prize money, but $67,465 was awarded to Form Forge of Oregon State University for the second place entry. Foster and Partners with Branch Technology of Chattanooga, Tennessee came in third, earning $63,783, after getting $85,930 for getting first place in the first round of Phase 2. Fairbanks University of Alaska and CTL Group Mars of Illinois came in fourth and fifth respectively, with Singaporean team ROBOCON finishing in sixth place.
Jul 8, 2017
The mystery planet that could destroy the Earth
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: entertainment, space
Just in time for summer movie season comes news that something huge is lurking out there at the edge of the solar system. It’s really big. It’s never before been detected. It’s warping gravity fields.
No, it’s not the latest Michael Bay disaster-fest or the mothership from “Independence Day.” It’s not the hypothesized Planet 9 that everyone was talking about a little over a year ago. Probably it’s another planet. Or maybe that mothership.
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Jul 8, 2017
Breakthrough high temperature ceramic for hypersonic vehicles and more
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: energy, military, space
Jul 6, 2017
LHC double heavy particle to shine light on strong force
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in categories: particle physics, space
In contrast to other particles of this type, in which the three quarks perform an elaborate dance around each other, a particle with two heavy quarks is expected to act like a planetary system, where the heavy quarks are like two stars orbiting one around the other, with the lighter quark orbiting around this binary system.
Scientists have detected a new particle at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern.
The discovery will help researchers learn more about the so-called “strong force” which holds the centres of atoms together.
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Jul 6, 2017
Our recent space art discovery: “Expanding to New Horizons” by Alexandra Hodgson
Posted by Andreas M. Hein in category: space
Great space art by Alexandra Hodgson!
More art by Alexandra:
https://www.artstation.com/artist/alexandrahodgson
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Jul 6, 2017
“For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled
Posted by Andreas M. Hein in categories: materials, space
Even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we haven’t forgotten. The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood.” Carl Sagan.
Mars colonization — Wanderers and Gosh by Erik Wernquist.
https://magpieaesthetic.com/erik-wernquist-beautiful-vision-of-whats-beyond/
Jul 5, 2017
The not-so-secret plan to genetically modify astronauts
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: genetics, space
Jul 5, 2017
Carbon nanotube reinforce Composites can reduce space vehicle mass
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, nanotechnology, space, transportation
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is keenly interested in nanotechnology – an approach that can reduce the mass and improve the performance of aerospace systems. NASA computer modeling analysis has shown that composites using carbon nanotube reinforcements could lead to a 30 percent reduction in the total mass of a launch vehicle.
“No single technology would have that much of an impact to reduce the mass of a launch vehicle by that much,” explains Michael Meador, Program Element Manager for Lightweight Materials and Manufacturing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tensile properties of a carbon nanotube fiber-based composite tank were tested in a May 16 test flight.
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