The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming
• wattsupwiththat.com by Anthony WattsAs the sun gets successively more blank with each day, due to lack of sunspots, it is also dimming.
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Spacex has successful ISS mission with reused rocket and Dragon capsule
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wang1Save Loaded with some three tons of experiments and supplies, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station Dec. 17, where Expedition 53 crew members Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba of
Blue Origin flies booster and crew capsule
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangBlue Origin New Shepard flew again for the seventh time on Dec. 12, 2017, from Blue Origin's West Texas Launch Site.
New Kepler Exoplanet Discovery Fueled by AI
• wired.com by Sophia ChenSaturn's rings sure are pretty, and Matt Damon's been to Mars, but our eight-planet solar system may not be that special after all.
Watch Blue Origin's New Shepard 2.0 Spacecraft Soar in 1st Test Flight
• https://www.space.comBlue Origin took its new reusable spaceship out for its first spin yesterday (Dec. 12), and you can watch the test flight's highlights in a dramatic new video.
Elon tweets we should already have bases on the moon
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comElon tweets we should already have bases on the moon. Elon had said the same thing in the Spacex Mars Plan presentation.
Japanese Company Raises Record $90 Million for Moon Missions
• https://www.space.comThe Tokyo-based company ispace has just raised $90 million to help make its moon-exploration dreams come true.
The President's plan to revisit the moon raises lots of questions--here are the answers
• By Rachel Feltman and Sara ChodoshShould we go? Can we afford to go? All this, and more.
Has an alien probe entered our solar system?
• dailymail.co.uk By Harry PettitCigar-shaped interstellar 'comet' Oumuamua is being investigated for signs of extraterrestrial technology
Has an alien probe entered our solar system?
• dailymail.co.uk By Harry PettitCigar-shaped interstellar 'comet' Oumuamua is being investigated for signs of extraterrestrial technology
Trump to send astronauts back to the moon --
• cnn.com By Dan Merica-- and eventually Mars
NASA will have big Kepler AI assisted discovery announced on Thursday
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangNASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discovery made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.
A growing kingdom has to start somewhere--in this case, low Earth orbit works.
• https://motherboard.vice.com, Samantha ColeAsgardia, the little space nation that could, placed a tiny satellite into low Earth orbit on Thursday. This makes it the first independent "nation" to have 100 percent of its territory in space.
Boeing only has lies and empty promises-
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wang- about Mars so NASA will not cut off $4 billion per year for SLS rocket
Fashion on the final frontier: The story of the spacesuit
• https://newatlas.com, David SzondyEver since NASA retired the silver lamé Mercury spacesuits of the early 1960s astronauts have fallen a little behind in the fashion department, but now a new generation of spacesuits is being developed for both the public and private sectors.
Scientists capture mysterious hum from deep inside the Earth - but no one knows what it is
• http://www.mirror.co.uk, BySophie CurtisThe new study could help to shed on the source of the vibrations
NASA prints up complex metallic "space fabric"
• https://newatlas.comNASA is getting into the textile business thanks to a team led by systems engineer Raul Polit Casillas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The team has unveiled prototype swatches of a new metallic "space fabric" created using 3
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12-08-17 -- Bitcoin Mania = Xander & Picciott - Paul Rosenberg - Michael Belfiore (MP3s & VIDEO)
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Commercial Spaceflight Is About to Get Real
• https://www.bloomberg.com, By Michael BelfioreThe big rocket companies aim to pass major milestones in 2018.
Asteroid Worth So Much Money… that it will sink the economy?
• http://www.thedailybell.comDon't you hate when so much extra wealth is added to society, that the economy tanks? Wait, what? Yes, that is what The Daily Star says would happen if an asteroid made up of nickel and iron was harvested and brought back to Earth. They claim the
NASA testing ultra-simple small nuclear reactors that will power missions to Mars and beyond
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangNASA is pushing forward on testing a key energy source that could literally "empower" human crews on the Mars surface, energizing habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform Red Planet resources into oxygen, water and fuel.
NASA admit asteroid worth $10,000 QUADRILLION would sink world economy
• dailystar.co.uk By Rachel O'DonoghueNASA is on a mission to visit an asteroid that is worth so much money it would destroy the world's economy.
Mars and beyond: Modular nuclear reactors set to power next wave of deep space exploration
• https://newatlas.comNASA is planning to put astronauts on Mars one day and since the Red Planet is about as off the grid as you can get, the space agency is developing a new generation of modular nuclear reactors to power manned outposts. Under funding from the Space Te
Colorado School of Space Mining
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangSince the 1990s, the Colorado School of Mines has been a leading institution for the study of space resources and in situ resource utilization (ISRU).
Facility to test SABRE air-breathing engine under construction
• https://newatlas.com, DARREN QUICKWith the goal of providing single-stage-to-orbit capabilities that will enable spacecraft to take off and land like aircraft, and potentially ushering in an age of hypersonic air travel, Reaction Engines' Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABR
Space Heavy test launch will try to reach Mars with a Tesla Roadster
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangSpace Heavy test launch next month will try to reach Mars with Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster.
The Flat Earth Society Responded To A Tweet By Elon Musk: 'Thanks For The Question'
• shtfplan.com by Mac SlavoThe Tesla and SpaceX chief, Elon Musk, has a rather complex understanding of the universe, and Earth's shape.
Moon Express says first launch is 'definitely' happening in 2018
• cnbc.com by Arjun Kharpal•Moon Express Chairman Naveen Jain told CNBC it's "definitely" going to launch its maiden mission in 2018 •Moon Express would become the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon if successful
Moon Express says first launch is 'definitely' happening in 2018
• cnbc.com by Arjun Kharpal•Moon Express Chairman Naveen Jain told CNBC it's "definitely" going to launch its maiden mission in 2018 •Moon Express would become the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon if successful
Want to Learn How to Mine in Space? There's a School for You
• https://www.wired.comHunter Williams used to be an English teacher. Then, three years into that job, he started reading the book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. The 1966 novel by Robert Heinlein takes place in the 2070s, on the moon, which, in this future, hosts a subterra
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