Steps into Space - Commercialisation, Occupation, Colonization: 05/25/13

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Planetary Resources set to crowdsource satellite telescope observation

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If you haven't heard of Planetary Resources yet, it's a billionaire-backed team of NASA engineers and space tourism entrepreneurs that want to mine near-earth asteroids for valuable resources. Oh, and along the way it looks like they are set to make an ...

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Asteroid mining: Key to a sustainable future? - Wipro

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When asteroid 2012 DA14 whizzed past the Earth three months ago, scientists were closely tracking its path from NASA's observatory. The 150-foot wide ...

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Mars hit by space rocks 200 times a year

With Mars being the subject of such intense scrutiny, it should come as no surprise that we are able identify recent strikes by meteorites. And this leads to a pretty accurate count with before and after pictures helping to see what's a new impact.

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New frontiers, new risks: Montreal meeting tackles space tourism safety

MONTREAL -- Space-industry watchers expressed concern this week that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers. They voiced some of those concerns during a conference of the International ...

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Quantum dot displays make your TV brighter than ever

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Reds are "rich, vibrant and vivid, green grass looks like grass, and scenes of the Caribbean are stunning", says Seth Coe-Sullivan, founder and chief technology officer of the company behind the quantum dots, QD Vision based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Big Bang's extragalactic background light may reveal secrets of dark matter

The group of scientists, led by Alberto Dominguez, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, instead opted to indirectly measure EBL by looking at its impacts on gamma rays coming from blazars—the giant black holes at the ...

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Branson announces plans for Christmas launch of Virgin into space

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The first full test flight to space will happen there. But plans call for the vehicles to move to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico to host suborbital tourism flights. The flight carrying Branson and his children is slated to launch from ...

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3D-printed jewelry experiment a success

If you're not familiar with 3D printing, it can sound like something out of science fiction. The method, also known as additive manufacturing, ...

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3M and Nanosys stunningly enhance LCDs with quantum dots

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The real magic of quantum dots is in the ability to tune the colour output of the dots, by carefully controlling the size of the crystals as they are synthesised so that their spectral peak output can be controlled within 2nm to nearly any visible ...

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Dark matter, dark energy may begin to give up their secrets if a new way to ... of physics and astronomy at the University of California instead opted to ...

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Mark of 'genius': Liberty Science Center honors Richard Branson, Garry Kasparov

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The significance of the space tourism company the 62-year-old Branson has called Virgin Galactic, is underscored by obstacles in our own space program, Aldrin said. "We have to pay the Russians $60 million per seat," said Aldrin, 83, eyes eager ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio's Space Companion Pays $1.5 Million For Ticket Into Space

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The seat on the Virgin Galactic was pumped by the event's auction booklet as a "once-in-a-lifetime trip to space with a mystery guest." The Galactic part of Richard Branson's fledgling space tourism fleet, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Another ...

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Someone just paid $1.5M to fly into space with Leonardo DiCaprio

It's becoming clear that, because of the high cost of the flights, space tourism, at least in its beginning stages, will mostly be the domain of the wealthy. Like the first railroad and airplane passengers, the first people will likely be those with ...

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Astronauts to Survive On 3D Printed Food

By IndiaTimes | May 25, 2013, 6:00 am IST - Posted 3 mins ago Science In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3D food printer for ...

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