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Date Sent: 2015-03-24
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
Steve Wozniak: The Future of AI Is 'Scary and Very Bad for People'
Steve Wozniak: The Future of AI Is 'Scary and Very Bad for People' -- When is a shipping container not a shipping container? When it's a farm -- Wikipedia Wants a More Secure Web, But It's Not Encrypted By Default -- Is Trade Dying? Baltic Dry Index, Commodity Prices Keep Sinking -- BRICS countries to cooperate in science, technologies and innovations -- New RNA molecule can be manipulated to increase neuron production -- Precision planetary lander technology tested by NASA -- 03-24-15 -- Angela Keaton - Marc Victor - Mark Nestmann (MP3 & Video LOADED) -- The Secret of Success in Mineral Exploration -- 10 Charts Which Show We Are Much Worse Off Than Just Before... -- Patented Life: Sharing Gardening Seeds Illegal in 30% Of US States -- Spiegel Goes There: "Hitler's Hordes" Respond To Greece, Send The Nazis... -- Did the CIA use anthrax to kill five people on US soil in order to build approval... -- Fascist US Lawmakers Declare War on Russia -- Feds Urge Banks to Call Cops on Customers Who Withdraw $5,000 or More -- Utah's governor just legalized firing squads for death row inmates -- Incredible new invention has solved a universally annoying problem -- Russia's return to Nicaragua worrying many in Central America -- Robots to replace almost half of jobs over next 20 years: expert -- The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Shepherd -- The Clinton Crime Family -- Neill Blomkamp is helping turn viral sci-fi short The Leviathan into a full movie -- Google Glass isn't dead, it's being 'made ready for users,' says Eric Schmidt -- The making of Angela Merkel(unusual politician)... -- The world's first airborne Mexican food delivery system -- Silicon Valley Startup Develops Drone-Delivery System -- Delivery Drones Hit Bumps on Path to Doorstep -- 1966 Batman Episode: Reference To Skull And Bones -- PICS: Rooftops in France Will Now Contain Gardens or Solar Panels -- Square Opens Cash to Businesses as Facebook's Shadow Looms --
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News Link • Agriculture
When is a shipping container not a shipping container? When it's a farm
03-24-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com
Ensuring that the food we eat is locally and sustainably grown is not always easy, especially in cities where crop-growing space is at a premium.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Internet
Wikipedia Wants a More Secure Web, But It's Not Encrypted By Default
03-24-2015
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LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI
?On March 10, Wikipedia took a stand for its users, in particular its anonymous volunteers, and sued the NSA, accusing it of mass surveillance.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Is Trade Dying? Baltic Dry Index, Commodity Prices Keep Sinking
03-24-2015
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by Anthony B. Sanders
Most of us know that the global economy is softer than the media and acknowledges. Even the powerhouse US economy is softer than The Federal Reserve is letting on.
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News Link • Economy - International
BRICS countries to cooperate in science, technologies and innovations
03-24-2015
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http://in.rbth.com, by TASS
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered to sign a memorandum on cooperation with BRICS countries in the sphere of science, technologies and innovations, the official website of the Russian government said on Sunday.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Precision planetary lander technology tested by NASA
03-24-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com
Aimed at developing new systems for landing on Mars and other planets with much greater precision, a new imaging landing system and algorithm were tested using the demonstration vehicle on two successful flights.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Agriculture
Patented Life: Sharing Gardening Seeds Illegal in 30% Of US States
03-24-2015
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http://naturalsociety.com, BY CHRISTINA SARICH
Now, planting an organic garden is an act of defiance
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News Link • Economy - International
Spiegel Goes There: "Hitler's Hordes" Respond To Greece, Send The Nazis...
03-24-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Spiegel Goes There: "Hitler's Hordes" Respond To Greece, Send The Nazis, And Merkel, To The Acropolis
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Did the CIA use anthrax to kill five people on US soil in order to build approval...
03-24-2015
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Ed Thinking
Did the CIA use anthrax to kill five people on US soil in order to build approval for the Iraq War?
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Feds Urge Banks to Call Cops on Customers Who Withdraw $5,000 or More
03-24-2015
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InfoWars - Paul Joseph Watson
Banks are already required to file 'suspicious activity reports' on their customers, with threats of fines and even jail time for directors if financial institutions don't meet quotas.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Death Penalty
Utah's governor just legalized firing squads for death row inmates
03-24-2015
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Business Insider
Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions Monday when Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law approving the controversial method's use when no lethal-injection drugs are available.
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News Link • Inventions
Incredible new invention has solved a universally annoying problem
03-24-2015
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Business Insider
One of the most frustrating feelings in the world is struggling to get the last bit of ketchup out of the bottle or the last squirt of toothpaste out of the tube.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Russia's return to Nicaragua worrying many in Central America
03-24-2015
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mcclatchydc.com
Russia is rekindling its once-strong ties to Nicaragua, possibly including providing the Central American nation with jet fighters, stoking unease as far away as the Andes in South America.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robots to replace almost half of jobs over next 20 years: expert
03-24-2015
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brisbanetimes.com.au
Robots and computer programs could almost wipe out human workers in jobs from cooks to truck drivers, a visiting researcher has warned.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Shepherd
03-24-2015
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http://www.prevention.com
At 77 she is the oldest female bodybuilder.Prevention magazines original documentary short follows a day in her life...
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Neill Blomkamp is helping turn viral sci-fi short The Leviathan into a full movie
03-24-2015
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http://www.theverge.com, By Jacob Kastrenakes
The epic and gorgeous sci-fi short film The Leviathan, which racked up over 1.5 million views after it was released last week, now has two big names on board ready to turn it into a movie.
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News Link • Inventions
Google Glass isn't dead, it's being 'made ready for users,' says Eric Schmidt
03-24-2015
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http://www.theverge.com, By James Vincent
After Google stopped selling its wearable Glass device in January this year, many people speculated that the controversial gadget was on its way out for good.
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News Link • Drones
The world's first airborne Mexican food delivery system
03-24-2015
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http://www.darwinaerospace.com,
Earlier this year, the world was brought to its knees when it was cruelly teased with the promise of tasty Mexican treats being delivered via quadcopter.
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News Link • Drones
Silicon Valley Startup Develops Drone-Delivery System
03-24-2015
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http://www.wsj.com, By JACK NICAS
Matternet is working on delivery drones flying on fixed routes between base stations
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Delivery Drones Hit Bumps on Path to Doorstep
03-24-2015
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By JACK NICAS and GREG BENSINGER Biography Greg.B
Amazon, Alibaba and others face hurdles such as battery life and weather that are at least as daunting as pending regulation, say developers
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News Link • Energy
PICS: Rooftops in France Will Now Contain Gardens or Solar Panels
03-24-2015
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http://naturalsociety.com, BY CHRISTINA SARICH
And why it is such a good idea
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News Link • Books
9 mind-blowing concepts from Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling books
03-24-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Malcolm Gladwell is probably the most famous nonfiction author alive. When a new book of his comes out, it takes over airport bookstores.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia to resume space tourism in 2018
03-24-2015
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Breitbart
Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
The Safe Deposit Box Is Headed For Extinction
03-24-2015
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zerohedge.com
Banks and insolvent governments desperate for cash likely also dislike safety deposit boxes as they are means for people to protect and grow wealth and protect themselves from inflation and indeed bail-in and deposit confiscation.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Europe is about to drop the boom on Google
03-24-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Google may have gotten a pass in the US a few years ago from the Federal Trade Commission, which decided not to sue the search giant for alleged anticompetitive practices, but the company may not be so lucky in Europe.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes - Part 3
03-24-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com,by Brandon Smith
In the previous installments of this series, we discussed the hidden and often unspoken crisis brewing within the employment market, as well as in personal debt.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul's Announcement From An Aircraft Carrier
03-24-2015
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Targetliberty.com
In an apparent effort to toughen up his image, Republican Sen. Rand Paul chose the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown to serve as a backdrop during his April presidential campaign announcement tour.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Feds Preparing to Invade Texas, List State as 'Hostile'
03-24-2015
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InfoWars
"Some participants will be wearing civilian attire and driving civilian vehicles..." Multiple branches of the US military, including Green Berets, Navy Seals, and the 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in the 8-week long exercise, which may res
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Currencies
The Orwellian Kafkaesque State Lusts For Your Private Property
03-24-2015
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zerohedge.com
Tough luck, bucko--be glad you live in a fake democracy with a fake rule of law, a fake judiciary, and a government of thugs with the officially sanctioned right to steal your money and possessions without any due process or court proceedings.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
This incredible 'Jurassic Park' short used $100,000 worth of Legos
03-24-2015
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Business Insider
Paul Hollingsworth and his daughter Hailee joined forces to recreate Jurassic Park using $100,000 in Legos.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science
World's first plasmonic nanostructure recording could produce storage breakthrough
03-24-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com
The use of optical sound-on-film recording on early movie films revolutionized the motion picture industry and remained the standard method of audio recording in that medium for more than 80 years.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple soon to be worth more than $1 trillion, financial analysts predict
03-24-2015
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The Guardian
It is the first time any company has ever been valued at more than $1tn, and would make Apple more valuable than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Indonesia, the Netherlands or Saudi Arabia, according to World Bank statistics.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
7 Google Projects That Have World-Changing Potential
03-24-2015
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http://mentalfloss.com
Google, one of the world leaders in web services and mobile retail, is also developing a few high-profile projects through its Google X Labs that are advancing technology, clean energy, and fine art.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Immigration
Judicial Watch: 165,900 Criminal Aliens into US Population Through April 2014
03-24-2015
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Breitbart
Many of the criminals released are violent offenders who have committed homicides, sexual assaults, kidnappings and aggravated assaults. The information comes from a list of 76 documents that Judicial Watch obtained from a lawsuit they filed against
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News Link • Just For Fun!
10 Brilliant Uses For Banana Peels
03-24-2015
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http://www.prevention.com
From whitening your teeth to making your garden grow pest-free, check out these clever uses for banana peels.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • World News
German Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps
03-24-2015
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The Guardian
Spain's deputy prime minister said 45 passengers were believed to be Spanish nationals. A spokesman for France's interior ministry said the passenger manifest was being verified.
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News Link • Israel
What Netanyahu Has Wrought
03-24-2015
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Consortium News
After Prime Minister Netanyahu's scorched-earth political victory which featured anti-Arab race-baiting â€" and with his free-market economics driving more Israelis into poverty â€" Israel faces a difficult path into the future, writes Michael Wins
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News Link • Iran
Fearing an Iran-Nuke Deal Might Work
03-24-2015
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Consortium News
Republicans, carrying water for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, have come up with a new scheme to kill a deal to constrain but not obliterate Iran's nuclear program. The new goal seems to be to prevent the agreement from demonstrating that it can
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News Link • NeoCons
Hillary Clinton Is a Conservative Republican
03-24-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Although she is no longer first lady, a U.S. senator from New York, or Secretary of State, and has not officially announced her candidacy to be the Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton can't seem to stay out of the news.
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News Link • Transportation
Mercedes vs. Tesla … And HBO Innovations
03-24-2015
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Money and Markets - jon Markman
Watch out, Tesla. Mercedes is launching its first plug-in hybrid-electric midsize sedan, the C350e, in U.S. dealerships this September, according to reports. Chatter on the street suggests that the German auto-making powerhouse plans to deeply underc
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News Link • Police State
Chicago Police fighting to keep cellphone trackers secret
03-24-2015
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chicago.suntimes.com
The Chicago Police Department is fighting to keep a lid on how, when and where officers have used covert cellphone tracking systems --
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Monsanto chief admits 'hubris' is to blame for public fears over GM
03-24-2015
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independent.co.uk
The American company that produced the world's first genetically modified crop has admitted for the first time that its "hubris" in promoting the technology contributed to a consumer backlash against genetically modified food.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Mayweather-Pacquiao gate soaring
03-24-2015
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espn.go.com
The money that will be generated by the welterweight title unification fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao -- already expected to be a slam dunk to break every revenue record in combat sports history -- is growing by the day and cou
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Are NGOs Agents of Subversion?
03-24-2015
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antiwar.com
Though "Bibi" Netanyahu won re-election last week, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will still look into whether the State Department financed a clandestine effort to defeat him.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)
03-24-2015
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http://bigelowaerospace.com
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced a newly planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
$6 Million Milestone Prize Awards
03-24-2015
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https://www.youtube.com
XPRIZE and Google have incorporated Milestone Prizes into the Google Lunar XPRIZE in order to reward teams who achieve key milestones on their way to ready their subsystems for launch.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First Private Spacecraft to the Space Station
03-24-2015
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http://www.spacex.com
Dragon is a free-flying spacecraft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Nanoracks Begins The Largest Cubesat Deployment Ever
03-24-2015
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http://www.forbes.com, Alex Knapp
Early Tuesday morning, two CubeSats were deployed from the International Space Station thanks to NanoRacks' CubeSat deployment system. These were the first two satellites deployed of an eventual 28 CubeSat constellation for Planet Labs.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Falcon Heavy | Flight Animation
03-24-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, SpaceX
When Falcon Heavy lifts off later this year, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. Thrust at liftoff is equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft operating simultaneously.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk Releases SpaceX Photos Into the Wild
03-24-2015
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http://recode.net, By Amy Schatz
Just a few hours after SpaceX announced that it would allow people to use photos under a Creative Commons license, founder Elon Musk changed his mind.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Nasdaq to Power Bitcoin Trading
03-23-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Nasdaq has agreed to provide the core technology to power a marketplace for trading bitcoins
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Ernest Hancock
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