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Aug 7, 2022

Artemis without SLS

Posted by in category: space travel

New video I released today.


The space launch system is very expensive, and may cost $4.1 billion per launch. And according to the current NASA plan it can only be launched once per year at best.

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Aug 7, 2022

A New Method for Making Graphene has an Awesome Application: A Space Elevator!

Posted by in categories: information science, space travel

The material of the future could make an imaginative concept of the past real.


Brief history of the space elevator

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Aug 7, 2022

SpaceX is training astronauts for the world’s first commercial spacewalk

Posted by in category: space travel

Aug 7, 2022

How likely am I to be killed by space junk? Scientists calculate the risk

Posted by in category: space

Aug 7, 2022

Low Earth orbit: Seven significant spacecraft that lie in low Earth orbit

Posted by in category: space travel

Aug 7, 2022

Fiddler crab’s eyes inspire researchers to develop amphibious artificial vision

Posted by in category: futurism

Aug 7, 2022

A new discovery could lead to the development of drugs that halt Alzheimer’s

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Aug 7, 2022

How Taiwan’s tiny chips are quietly shaping US geopolitics

Posted by in categories: computing, military

Taiwan’s dominance of the semiconductor manufacturing market has made it a vital geopolitical interest for the US.

Taiwan dominates the world’s supply of computer chips — no wonder the US is worried.

One aspect of Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with US efforts to convince TSMC — the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the US is heavily dependent — to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies.

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Aug 7, 2022

Bad news for Tesla fans: Cybertruck will be even more expensive than $40,000

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Aug 7, 2022

Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a public debate about bot data

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI