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China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket
Posted in Science on 2nd Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller
China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads into low orbit than NASA.
Fully reusable rockets will create the entrepreneurial space age
Posted in Hardware on 1st Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller
The reusable rocket age should have started in the 1980s. However, cost-plus contracts and political bureaucracy split manufacturing of the space shuttle into 50 states.
OneWeb and SpaceX are leading the way to global internet with smallsat constellations
Posted in Business on 30th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
SpaceX has two demo satellites in orbit now.
New study: Wind power will work on Mars.
Posted in Science on 29th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
A small, lightweight wind turbine has been successfully tested in conditions that simulate the surface of Mars.
NASA unveils bold new plan to protect Earth from asteroids
Posted in Science on 21st Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
NASA unveiled its plan to protect Earth, outlining five goals, including enhanced detection and improved modelling.