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China is developing plans for a suborbital space plane for tourists
Posted in Hardware on 4th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
Unlike the Shuttle or the X037B, the smaller version of China's space plane will carry all its fuel internally, and the concept seems to lack booster rockets.
New 'Artificial Synapse' Gets Closer to Mimicking Brain Connections
Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
A brain-inspired computing component provides the most faithful emulation yet of connections among neurons in the human brain, researchers say.
Russia concerned about hypersonic missiles being able to threaten its nuclear deterrent
Posted in Hardware on 13th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Russia believes that US hypersonic weapons will give the US capability to deliver a disarming non-nuclear strike against Russia's Nuclear Forces.
China targets 2030 for operational hybrid hypersonic spaceplane
Posted in Science on 12th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
China claims it will master the spaceplane's technologies in the next three to five years, and a full-scale spaceplane would then enter service by 2030.
A next big thing in the space business could be tiny rockets
Posted in Hardware on 6th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Instead of dozens of small satellites launched annually, analysts are now forecasting hundreds of small satellites heading to orbit each year.