space
Grail satellite indicates lava tubes on the moon would be ideal sites for moon colonies
Posted in Science on 21st Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
These natural tunnels provide protection from cosmic ray radiation, meteorites, micrometeorites, and ejecta from impacts.
OneWeb raises $1.2 billion to launch a 'constellation' of satellites for high-speed internet access
Posted in Hardware on 20th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Founded out of London in 2012, OneWeb is planning to bring high-speed affordable internet access to everyone around the world.
Boron has been detected on Mars for the first time
Posted in Science on 20th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Curiosity rover has found boron on the surface of Mars, indicating that, at some point, the Red Planet had long-term habitable groundwater.
Europes new GPS system Galileo goes live in bid to end dependence on U.S. network
Posted in Hardware on 18th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
By 2020, the EU hopes for Galileo to be completely self-reliant. And it claims that the new system is far more precise.
SpaceX won't launch astronauts until 2018
Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
It's official: SpaceX is not going to meet its 2017 deadline to carry its first astronauts into space.