Saturday 29 June 2013

From e-commerce to space commerce?

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“As space tourism programs are opening space travel, this drives questions about the commercialization of space,” says David Marcus, PayPal president. “We are launching PayPal Galactic, in conjunction with leaders in the scientific community, to ...

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PayPal, SETI Institute, Buzz Aldrin and Space Leaders Launch PayPal Galactic

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PayPal, SETI Institute, Buzz Aldrin and Space Leaders Launch PayPal Galactic. document Crowdfunding. PayPal, SETI Institute, Buzz Aldrin and Space Leaders Launch PayPal Gal... http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130627005913/en/PayPal-S..

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USC helps validate the authenticity of D-Wave's quantum computer

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... published findings that help validate the authenticity of D-Wave's quantum computer. Their evidence isn't definitive proof that D-Wave has created a true quantum computer but they were able to determine that it can do work in line with quantum ...

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space mining | Random ramblings of a sane man

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Posts about space mining written by vandercoelen.

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PayPal To Take Its Payment Platform To Space

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With space tourism on the launchpad and private projects like Space X taking over the roles previously reserved for government organisations, PayPal seems to think that space money is the next big thing. “PayPal is the favourite way to pay on Earth ...

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Atlantis opens its doors to visitors

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CAPE CANAVERAL — It's a double-barreled bid for both terrestrial and space tourism. At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the $100 million Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction will open today, creating a dramatic new lure for tourists. NASA's ...

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PayPal Galactic Looks To Solve Payments in Space

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An initiative called PayPal Galactic is being launched with the online payments company, the SETI Institute, and the Space Tourism Society. Its goal, PayPal says, is to work out how commerce will work in space. PayPal is very serious about the idea ...

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How asteroid mining could add trillions to the world economy

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I suspect asteroid mining would produce metals mostly for use in space but I'm sure there would be plenty of products manufactured in space for use here.

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An “Elemental” Explanation of Dark Matter

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Atoms, string theory, dark matter, dark energy… there's an awful lot about the Universe that might make sense on paper (to physicists, anyway) but is extremely difficult to detect and measure, at least with the technology available today. But at the ...

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You're Interacting With Dark Matter Right Now

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"Our best guess," according to Dan Hooper, an astronomy professor at the University of Chicago and a theoretical astrophysicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, "is that a million particles of dark matter passed through your hand just now ...

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Asteroid Miners to Use 3D Printing for Space Telescopes | Malaysia Sun

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Space.com Friday 28th June, 2013. '); An artist's illustration of the Arkyd telescope being developed by asteroid mining firm Planetary Resources, which hopes to launch one Arkyd as a crowdfunded instrument meant to serve the public. Read more. Share ...

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XCOR Aerospace plans suborbital flights from KSC by 2015

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A fledgling space tourism company intends to begin flying suborbital test flights out of Kennedy Space Center by 2015, officials announced today. Andrew Nelson, chief operating officer of XCOR Aerospace, said they'll start with a work force of about 20 ...

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PayPal launches quest for intergalactic currency

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SAN FRANCISCO: Earthbound financial transactions service PayPal late Wednesday launched a quest for an intergalactic currency, saying it is time to figure out what space travelers will use as cash. "The time has now come for us to start planning for ...

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Kickstarter Campaign Adds New Goal of Allowing Individuals to Hunt for Asteroids

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Regardless or not of whether the campaign reaches the $1.7 million benchmark, however, the company now has the necessary funding to proceed with its initial plans of developing and launching a space telescope that will help find asteroids ripe for ...

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Kickstart This: Program Lets Citizens Save Earth from Real Asteroid Disaster

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Soon you'll be able to help save the world from stray asteroids without ever leaving the couch. That is, if a Kickstarter campaign by asteroid mining company Planetary Resources is funded in time. The company wants to team up with citizen science ...

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Google Hangout Event Today Featuring Richard Garriott, Jon Mavor, and ARKYD

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Both Garriott and Mavor are supporters of Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company, and its quest to crowd fund ARKYD – the world's first space telescope controlled by the public. ARKYD will supposedly enable gamers to use their skills in a ...

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Asteroid Miners to Use 3D Printing for Space Telescopes | Malaysia Sun

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Space.com Friday 28th June, 2013. '); An artist's illustration of the Arkyd telescope being developed by asteroid mining firm Planetary Resources, which hopes to launch one Arkyd as a crowdfunded instrument meant to serve the public. Read more. Share ...

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