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Nov 14, 2017
Moon vs. Mars and asteroids: Watch space advocates debate where we should go
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: Elon Musk, space
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has famously said he’d like to die on Mars — “just not on impact.” But where will humans live in space? That was the focus of a good-natured debate that took place at this week’s “New Space Age” conference at Seattle’s Museum of Flight.
Chris Lewicki, president and CEO of Redmond, Wash.-based Planetary Resources, took up the case for going to asteroids and Mars. Seattle-area entrepreneur Naveen Jain, co-founder and chairman of Florida-based Moon Express, spoke for the moon.
Nov 14, 2017
Why the rise of the robots won’t mean the end of work
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: economics, government, robotics/AI
For now, at least, we have better things to worry about.
Sources:
https://economics.mit.edu/files/11563
https://www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.php?doi=10.1257/jep.29.3#page=33
http://voxeu.org/article/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/f…150428.pdf
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/fi…conomy.PDF
https://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/9038829/automation-myth
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Fut…oyment.pdf
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Nov 14, 2017
Moon, Mars, Asteroid and orbital colonzation and cities
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: economics, particle physics, space travel
He looked at the science and economics of a lunar colony.
Eighty-five percent of the rocks on the surface of the lunar highlands are anorthite, which contains aluminum as well as a massive supply of oxygen. Smelting aluminum in the quantities necessary to construct and maintain Artemis would produce so much excess oxygen—eight atoms for every two of aluminum—that they would be constantly venting it.
For every kilogram of payload, you need an additional 3.73 kilos of fuel. So a one-way ticket to the moon is calculated to eventually cost about $33,000.
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Nov 13, 2017
Scientists fear deadly Madagascar plague WILL reach US, Europe and UK
Posted by John Gallagher in category: biotech/medical
The plague death toll shows no sign of slowing as official figures reveal 165 have now lost their lives in Madagascar’s ‘worst outbreak in 50 years’.
Data shows a 15 per cent jump in fatalities over three days, with scientists concerned it has reached ‘crisis’ point and 10 countries now placed on high alert.
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Nov 13, 2017
Boeing 757 controls remotely HACKED while on the runway
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: government, security, transportation
A group of security researchers has remotely hacked a Boeing 757 aircraft without the knowledge of the pilots, a US government official has claimed.
Robert Hickey, a Homeland Security cyber investigator, managed to take over the passenger jet on the runway at Atlantic City airport, New Jersey.
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Nov 13, 2017
New Study: US state hit with up to 200 times more Fukushima fallout than expected
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: biotech/medical, sustainability
Dr. Holger #Strohm – #Negative #HealthEffect Of #Radioactive #Heavy #Metal #Plutonium #Poison From #Fukushima; #BioConcentration Into #Humans, Then #Recycling Through #Cremation And Medical #Waste #Incineration Through DNA Of Future #Generations http://www.agreenroadjournal.com/2013/08/dr-holger-strohm-fu…12000.html
Nov 13, 2017
Aerial images reveal the closest ever look at Saudi stone structures
Posted by John Gallagher in category: futurism
The structures were uncovered in the Harrat Khaybar region in Saudi Arabia in the 1920s and were referred to as the ‘Works of the Old Men’ by the region’s Bedouin population.
Most of them were discovered through satellite surveys and no archaeological fieldwork has yet been carried out.
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Nov 13, 2017
America troops at risk of LOSING a war to North Korea, commander warns
Posted by John Gallagher in category: futurism
American troops would find themselves badly outnumbered and at risk of defeat if war suddenly broke out with North Korea.
That is the stark warning issued by Lieutenant General Jan-Marc Jouas, the former deputy commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, in a letter to Democrats this month.
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New Boston Dynamics robot, pretty awesome. I hope they roll out an upgraded ATLASoftBank is supposedly doing a big robotics event later this month.
For more information… stay tuned.