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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thinks space can be the new internet

Posted in Science on 21st Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Bezos says that space is the next frontier, a new internet, that is desperately lacking in infrastructure to support new entrepreneurs.

China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mission

Posted in Science on 17th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

China has launched two men into orbit in a project designed to develop its ability to explore space.

NASA Just Successfully Launched a Spacecraft to an Asteroid

Posted in Science on 9th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The first step in a seven-year journey that will eventually bring us back several spoonfuls worth of dirt from an asteroid.

The 'impossible' EM Drive is to be tested in space

Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists will finally figure out if it really is possible for a rocket engine to generate thrust without any kind of exhaust or propellant.

DNA sequenced in space for first time on the ISS

Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.