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nikolas smyrlakis

The Space Elevator Games - 0 views

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    July 14, 2009 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave, CA 6 Teams [KCSP, LM, USST, NSS, McGill, U MICH] 1 km vertical raceway, laser-powered vehicles $2,000,000 Total prize purse (two levels)
Francesco Biscani

NASA criticised for sticking to imperial units - space - 22 June 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

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    Ugh.
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    what a stupid move! puts them back another few decades :-) ...
Francesco Biscani

Slashdot Science Story | NASA Suggests Nano Robots To Explore Mars - 0 views

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    Sounds pretty much Sci-Fi...
ESA ACT

"Mexican Sinkhole May Lead NASA to Jupiter" By Ceci Connolly - 0 views

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    It may not show up on MapQuest, but NASA scientists are betting that the best route to Jupiter and its ice-crusted moon Europa runs through an underwater cavern in Mexico.
ESA ACT

SPACE.com -- Delays and Cost Overruns Epidemic at NASA, Former Official Charges - 0 views

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    we could say to them " welcome to the club" ...
ESA ACT

NASA - space station crew schedules - 0 views

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    just in case you were wondering what astronauts are officially doing all day long ...
ESA ACT

NASA Robotics - Robotics Alliance Project - 0 views

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    most of you probably already know the site but still worth having a look at it from time to time ... they just releast the new FIRST competition ...
nikolas smyrlakis

NASA Awards $350,000 to Winning Astronaut Glove Designers | International Space Fellowship - 0 views

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    I just like this phrase: "It is remarkable that two designers working on their own could create gloves that meet the requirements for spaceflight - a task that normally requires a large team of experts,"
Francesco Biscani

NASA Nebula, Cloud Computing In a Container - 0 views

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    Open-source cloud computing platform from NASA... Nice!
Marion Nachon

NASA research offers new prospect of water on Mars - 4 views

NASA scientists are seeing new evidence that suggests traces of water on Mars are under a thin varnish of iron oxide, or rust, similar to conditions found on desert rocks in California's Mojave Des...

started by Marion Nachon on 02 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
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Paul N

It's official: NASA announces Mars' atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds - 1 views

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    We finally have an understanding of how Mars transformed from a once habitable, Earth-like planet, into the dry world we see today. NASA researchers have just announced that Mars' once rich atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds in the early days of the Solar System, causing the planet to dry out.
jaihobah

Demonstration Proves Nuclear Fission Can Provide Exploration Power - 0 views

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    NASA and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and destinations beyond. Main page for kilopower project: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/kilopower
Marcus Maertens

Exoplanet Travel Bureau | Explore - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System - 1 views

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    NASA marketing interstellar travel to foreign bodies even without knowing how they actually look like.
Marcus Maertens

Black Rain on Vimeo - 2 views

shared by Marcus Maertens on 20 Nov 12 - Cached
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    Nice Footage of the solar mission STEREO of NASA put into a movie.
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    Aronofsky would be proud...
johannessimon81

Fission reactor + stirling engine tested by NASA - 1 views

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    NASA has tested a prototype of a new design for a small uranium reactor as a power source for deep space exploration. In principle this should pose a smaller radiation danger during launch and more energy per mass compared to RTGs.
LeopoldS

Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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    any idea if what the canadians claim to sell is closer to a quantum computer than what they did 2011? (I remember Luzi's comment back then that this had nothing to do with a quantum computer) Canada being member state of ESA ... should we start getting interested?
johannessimon81

NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations - 2 views

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    Nice visualization of the structure of the accretion disk surrounding a black hole
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