There are advances being made almost daily in the disciplines required to make space and its contents accessible. This blog brings together a lot of that info, as it is reported, tracking the small steps into space that will make it just another place we carry out normal human economic, leisure and living activities.
Monday, 27 May 2013
NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation Findings
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.
via NASA Breaking News
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/may/HQ_M13-085_Curiosity_RAD_Findings.html
via NASA Breaking News
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/may/HQ_M13-085_Curiosity_RAD_Findings.html
Space tourism industry faces safety concerns
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Space-industry watchers expressed concern that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers. They voiced some concerns during a conference of the International Association for the Advancement of ... See all stories on this topic » | CBC.ca |
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Virgin Galactic: A Space Flight Veteran's View
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A couple of news stories this week about Virgin Galactic's progress in putting tourists into space raises the perennial question: Can it made safe? Flying in space will never be truly safe, but then again, flying in the atmosphere is not completely ...
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A couple of news stories this week about Virgin Galactic's progress in putting tourists into space raises the perennial question: Can it made safe? Flying in space will never be truly safe, but then again, flying in the atmosphere is not completely ...
See all stories on this topic »
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D-Wave Twoโข quantum computer selected for new Quantum Artificial ...
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BURNABY, British Columbia and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 16, 2013 /CNW/ - D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new ...
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BURNABY, British Columbia and PALO ALTO, Calif., May 16, 2013 /CNW/ - D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new ...
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Call for Media: Celebrating 10 years of Mars Express discoveries
Media representatives are invited to a briefing at ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany on Monday 3 June, marking the tenth anniversary of the launch of ESA’s Mars Express. The event will highlight the key scientific discoveries of the mission and will unveil a new mineral atlas that charts the geological history of Mars.
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Call_for_Media_Celebrating_10_years_of_Mars_Express_discoveries
Ring Nebula
Space science image of the week: Hubble presents the most detailed observations ever of the Ring Nebula
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/New_view_of_the_Ring_Nebula
A flexible, transparent electrode material based on graphene ...
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The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a ...
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The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a ...
www.materialstoday.com/.../a-flexible-transparent-electrode-m... via Google Alert
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