NASA

Boeing Gets a Second Order to Ferry Astronauts to the ISS

Posted in Business on 20th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

In its ongoing effort to bring America back into crewed spaceflight, NASA has announced that Boeing has received a second commercial crew order to ferry astronauts to the ISS.

A significant budget increase for NASA in 2016

Posted in Business on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Congressional omnibus would increase the space agency's budget by $1.3 billion. He is the breakdown:

Why were going back to the Moon; with or without NASA

Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The discovery of lunar water has changed everything for human exploration.

Mapping astronauts' behavior on the ISS could make a better ride to Mars

Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

A company called Draper is developing a way to monitor how astronauts use the ISS for planning a long term spaceflight to Mars.

Google says D-Wave quantum computer is more than 100 million times faster than a normal chip

Posted in Hardware on 9th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Google appears to be more confident about the technical capabilities of its D-Wave 2X quantum computer.