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Apr 18, 2016
DJI unveils its new M600 hexacopter, with 6 separate ‘smart’ batteries
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: drones, robotics/AI, space
DJI unveils its new Matrice 600 drone, capable of handling the insane Red Epic camera in the air.
By: Anthony Garreffa | Science, Space & Robotics News | Posted: 1 hour, 19 mins ago.
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Apr 18, 2016
New study shows mammals can be developed in space
Posted by Jeremy Lichtman in category: space
The latest experiment results from China’s SJ-10 recoverable satellite have been sent back with some groundbreaking news. For the first time in human history, it has been proven that the early stages of embryos in mammals can be developed completely in a space environment.
China launched the country’s first microgravity satellite, the SJ-10, on April 6. The return capsule on the satellite will stay in orbit for several days before heading back to Earth. An orbital module will continue to conduct experiments for a few more days.
High-resolution photographs sent back by SJ-10 show that the mouse embryos carried by the return capsule completed the entire developing process within 96 hours from the launch, the first reported successful development of mammalian embryos in space.
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Apr 18, 2016
Scientists discover huge galaxy that appeared out of nowhere
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
Scientists discovered a new galaxy called Crater 2 that orbits our milky way galaxy which seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains. Buzz60.
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Apr 18, 2016
Book: Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects: Designing and Planning Beyond Earth
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, education, engineering, space
“This book considers two key educational tools for future generations of professionals with a space architecture background in the 21st century: (1) introducing the discipline of space architecture into the space system engineering curricula; and (2) developing space architecture as a distinct, complete training curriculum.”
Apr 17, 2016
Science as Our Only Hope For Centrifugal Advancement — The Survival of our Species
Posted by Michael Paton in categories: energy, lifeboat, science, space, transportation
Been a while since I’ve written a new article. Include my love for the Lifeboat Foundation in it!
Are we alone in the universe? Are we the first to witness the stellar bursts amongst the skies of old? Is it foretold that we were the ones destined for the stars, beginning at the Moon and then Mars? Once driving cars, do we venture far, beyond the horizon of antiquated liveliness, a surreal vibrancy-but-a-tranquillity to the origins of chaos? Without science, these imaginary realities are but dreams shuttered away in the subconscious mind. But, with this magical and logical element of human society, we are gifted with the power to envision the sleeping mind’s abstract impossibilities, transforming them into possible realities… So that we may morph the series of footsteps in waking life.
Like evolution is the guardian of change, time dictates discovery. We advance, and the nuances past become more prevalent; a new precedent set forth in every dedicated shard of time engulfed in the sublime, and rhythmic confines, of the mind. Interlinked by their commonality, the totality of the world’s abilities lays not in the futility of complacency, but in the eulogy of peaceful unity. Once we as species see the far reaches of harnessing all pieces of this puzzle [that is the international intellect], each passing day will become more perfect.
Apr 17, 2016
Venus Terraforming Corporation
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: engineering, environmental, space
Apr 16, 2016
The universe will end much sooner than previously thought, says study
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
Figures.
New calculation shows that universal expansion appears to be 8 percent greater than expected, which isn’t good news.
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Apr 16, 2016
Caltech’s 2500 Orbiting Solar Panels Could Provide Earth With Limitless Energy
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: solar power, space, sustainability
The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a collaboration between Caltech and Northrup Grumman, has developed a system of lightweight solar power tiles which can convert solar energy to radio waves and can be placed in orbit to beam power to an energy-thirsty Earth.
One of the greatest challenges facing the 21st Century is the issue of power—how to generate enough of it, how to manufacture it cheaply and with the least amount of harmful side-effects, and how to get it to users.
The solutions will have to be very creative—rather like what the Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a partnership between Caltech and Northrup Grumman, has devised.
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Apr 15, 2016
SLAC researchers recreate the extreme universe in the lab
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: nuclear energy, physics, space, supercomputing
Conditions in the vast universe can be quite extreme: Violent collisions scar the surfaces of planets. Nuclear reactions in bright stars generate tremendous amounts of energy. Gigantic explosions catapult matter far out into space. But how exactly do processes like these unfold? What do they tell us about the universe? And could their power be harnessed for the benefit of humankind?
To find out, researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory perform sophisticated experiments and computer simulations that recreate violent cosmic conditions on a small scale in the lab.
“The field of laboratory astrophysics is growing very rapidly, fueled by a number of technological breakthroughs,” says Siegfried Glenzer, head of SLAC’s High Energy Density Science Division. “We now have high-power lasers to create extreme states of matter, cutting-edge X-ray sources to analyze these states at the atomic level, and high-performance supercomputers to run complex simulations that guide and help explain our experiments. With its outstanding capabilities in these areas, SLAC is a particularly fertile ground for this type of research.”
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