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2015-11-24
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Blue Origin reaches space in a reusable vehicle
Yesterday at Blue Origin's West Texas proving grounds, the company's New Shepard spacecraft launched to an altitude of 329,839 feet, almost 2,000 feet past the international accepted boundary of space, and returned to Earth
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2015-11-23
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Publicity for Start-ups Course
This is the kind of engagement--a mutually beneficial give and take with media outlets--that results in great publicity for your products, and that in turn brings you more sales and greater investment.
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2015-06-19
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PopMech: first color HD Earth video from space
Yesterday at a press conference in the Flatiron district in NYC, I and a few other journalists were treated to a showing and presentation of some spectacular video footage of the Earth from space by UrtheCast.
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2015-05-29
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Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE enters final round
The competition seeks to recreate the gizmo of the Star Trek TV and movie franchise that can get a quick read on a patient's vital signs and show a user what's ailing him or her.
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2015-05-15
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Businessweek: hybrid drones
A gasoline engine on board charges the batteries that run the rotors, giving the drones 2 hours or more of flight time versus the 15-30 minutes more typical of electric-only drones
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2015-05-08
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PopMech: SpaceX crew capsule first flight
This morning at about 9 a.m. Eastern Time, SpaceX launched the crew version of its Dragon space capsule for the first time... The capsule launched from a pad at Cape Canaveral using its onboard Super Drago rocket engines.
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2015-04-27
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Back to MichaelBelfiore.com
After a flurry of activity, here on MadScienceInnovation.com, I've decided to move my blogging activities back to MichaelBelfiore.com.
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2014-12-17
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Why the SpaceX CRS-5 mission could change everything
Space travel is a funny thing. It's the only form of transportation where it is considered perfectly acceptable to throw away your vehicle after every flight. That's a big part of the reason it's so expensive. Imagine having to build a new jumb
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2014-12-12
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Posts from Mad Science Innovation for 12/12/2014
IDEO's Tom Kelley on why purpose trumps profit - Why Orion won't be America's next spaceship (and this one will)
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2014-12-05
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Updates from Mad Science Innovation - News & commentary on technologies of the future
New Space Frontiers by Piers Bizony - Vipassana: 10 days to greater creativity - Citizenfour and DARPA
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2014-11-21
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Citizenfour and DARPA
I just had a chance to see the documentary about NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden. Citizenfour is an amazing look behind the scenes at the revelation that the National Security Agency has a number of programs for collecting and analyzing information
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