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A Case Study of Gut Fermentation Syndrome (Auto-Brewery) with Saccharomyces cerevisiae ... - 0 views

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  • Nicholas Lan on 26 Sep 13
     
    man infected with brewer's yeast brews beer and gets drunk whenever he injests carbohydrates. This surely presents an excellent opportunity to address long term manned space exploration psychological issues by infecting astronauts with yeast rather than investing in costly and bulky space-brewing equipment.
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NASA set to debut online software catalog April 10 - 1 views

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  • Thijs Versloot on 06 Apr 14
     
    The catalog, a master list organized into 15 categories, is intended for industry, academia, other government agencies, and general public. The catalog covers technology topics ranging from project management systems, design tools, data handling, image processing, solutions for life support functions, aeronautics, structural analysis, and robotic and autonomous systems. NASA said the codes represent NASA's best solutions to an array of complex mission requirements. McMillan reported that "Within a few weeks of publishing the list, NASA says, it will also offer a searchable database of projects, and then, by next year, it will host the actual software code in its own online repository, a kind of GitHub for astronauts."
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What happens to your brain on the way to Mars - 1 views

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  • jessyjemy on 06 May 15
     
    This study from NASA shows that cosmic rays have a deleterious effect on the brain, more than expected, resulting in in symptoms similar to dementia (memory loss, decline in problem solving skills, general cognitive functions). A reason more to investigate into hibernation?
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TED-RNN - Machine generated TED-Talks - 2 views

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  • Paul N on 25 Jun 15
     
    TED talks are so random even recurrent neural networks can do it
  • Luís F. Simões on 25 Jun 15
     
    :D this is so good !!
  • alekenolte on 26 Jun 15
     
    my favourite sentence: "or to be able to solve the data in an astronaut a spider"
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ISS astronauts bite into space-grown lettuce - 0 views

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  • Ma Ru on 15 Aug 15
     
    Next great step for humankind. "... and we're standing by now for the first consumption of one of these red romaine lettuce leaves ..." :-)
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Train like an astronaut - 4 views

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shared by Ma Ru on 01 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Ma Ru on 01 Jun 10
     
    Nice initiative by ESA...
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Moonbase Alpha Game.com : NASA SERIOUS GAME SIMULATION | Real-Time 3D Space Visualization - 0 views

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  • jmlloren on 08 Jul 10
     
    NASA did it! In 5 years from now, ESA will release its first educational computer game.
  • Ma Ru on 08 Jul 10
     
    Good, but where are the Xenomorphs attacking the astronauts?
  • jmlloren on 08 Jul 10
     
    You're right! And they even dare to call it serious!
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How ESA Astronauts spend vacation... - 0 views

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  • Ma Ru on 09 Jul 10
     
    Could be fun actually... I liked most the part: "They were asked to (...) find food: meaning fishing, trapping animals, preparing food and cooking with primitive tools.". Roasted squirrel anyone?
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My rocket is my clothes - 2 views

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  • Ma Ru on 26 Aug 10
     
    Rather unconventional approach to human spaceflight...
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Space and the Biological Economy - 0 views

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  • the U.S. space program has a robust life science program that is diligently working to innovate new approaches, research and technologies in the fields of biotechnology and bio-nanotechnology science, which are providing new solutions for old problems – including food security, medical needs and energy needs
  • more money be allocated to develop environmentally sound and energy efficient engine programs for commercial and private aviation
  • waste water program
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  • we lack fundamental knowledge about the entire effect of the photosynthesis system on food growth, and that space-based research could provide vital clues to scientists on how to streamline the process to spur more efficient food growth
  • From the start of the space age until 2010 only around 500 people have journeyed into space, but with the advent of private space travel in the next 24 months another 500 people are expected to go into space
  • Wagner indentified prize systems that award monetary prizes to companies or individuals as an effective way to spur innovation and creativity, and urged the Congressional staffers present to consider creating more prize systems to stimulate needed innovation
  • Joris _ on 11 Oct 10
     
    a bunch of ideas, iinitiatives, and good points about upcoming changes in space ...
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Train Like an Astronaut ESA Initiative - 2 views

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  • Ma Ru on 21 Oct 10
     
    You know what to do...
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Obama's dream of Mars at risk from radiation - physicsworld.com - 0 views

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  • Schwabe cycle, where sunspot numbers reach a peak roughly once every 11 years
  • the intensity of each solar maximum is also thought to oscillate over a period, called the Gleissberg cycle
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  • The worse-case scenario is that if you radiate a crew sufficiently, they'd all succumb to radiation sickness within a few days and essentially vomit and diarrhoea themselves to death within an enclosed capsule
  • The Moon missions were just blind lucky,” explains Lewis Dartnell, an astrobiologist at University College, London. “The astronauts would have experienced radiation sickness and a higher risk of future cancer if they'd been hit,” he adds.
  • Hapgood and colleagues are currently working on an alternative technique that involves surrounding the spacecraft with a plasma shield to deflect incoming protons without creating secondary radiation
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - New Horizons Challenge - 5 views

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  • Joris _ on 16 Nov 10
     
    the ACT should participate, a least someone in it, ...
  • LeopoldS on 16 Nov 10
     
    seems as if they are lacking ideas ?? :-) and honestly: "The Grand Prize Winner will be announced 6 January and will receive $500 plus a one year, on-line subscription to the AIAA Journal of their choice. Two runner-up winners will each receive $250 and a one year, on-line subscription to the AIAA Journal of their choice." ... :-)
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NASA budget for 2011 eliminates funds for manned lunar missions - washingtonpost.com - 3 views

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  • NASA's grand plan to return to the moon, built on President George W. Bush's vision of an ambitious new chapter in space exploration, is about to vanish with hardly a whimper
  • a commercial spacecraft that could taxi astronauts into low Earth orbit
  • Obama budget as disastrous for human space fligh
  • Francesco Biscani on 01 Feb 10
     
    Personally I think this is great.
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  • Joris _ on 01 Feb 10
     
    what is great exactly ? No human beings will put a foot on the Moon, or Mars, in the next 22 yrs and more ... what an awful waste!
  • Francesco Biscani on 01 Feb 10
     
    Well, the constellation program was a waste of money in its current form, overrun by delays and insufficient budget. We would have had Apollo 2.0 sixty years later, for what? At least now they are talking about going to asteroids, martian moons and stuff like that.
  • Joris _ on 01 Feb 10
     
    I agree that Constellation was a mistake. It is though a pity that now human Mars missions would certainly happen even later than initially hoped.
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Boeing probes international market for human spacecraft - 1 views

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  • The aerospace powerhouse is designing and testing systems for its CST-100 space capsule, a craft the company says could begin flying astronauts to low Earth orbit by 2015. It will launch on existing rockets to lessen development risk and costs.
  • "The spacecraft that we're designing is rocket-agnostic. It would be possible to sell this like a commercial airplane to countries who perhaps have a launch vehicle who would like to launch it in their own country."
  • Luís F. Simões on 11 Feb 11
     
    ...and hitting the news in the same day: A Rocket Built from U.S. and European Parts "A new rocket that would combine parts from NASA's canceled Ares I rocket as well as the Ariane 5 , a well-proven European satellite launcher, could provide a low-cost option for taking crew and cargo to the space station. The rocket proposal was announced this week by ATK, an aerospace and defense company that manufactures the solid rocket motors for NASA's space shuttles, and Astrium, the European company that makes the Ariane 5. They say the rocket, called Liberty, would be ready for flight by 2015." "Other commercial companies, including Boeing and Orbital Sciences Corporation, are looking to use low-end versions of the Atlas V to carry the capsules they are building. Liberty could carry any capsule at a cost less than that of the Atlas V, according to ATK." Look! Competition! :)
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Coding for Outer Space - A Programming Contest | Google Lunar X PRIZE - 1 views

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  • This weekend, programmers from all over Europe will be gearing up to compete in the 5'th Catalysts Coding Coding Contest (CCC'11). This year, the theme is Astronautics.
  • The competition is also open to online participants.
  • Individuals or teams of up to three people will be given a series of challenging problems that must be solved as quickly as possible.
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  • As a contestant, you must conceive of a proper solution and produce the correct output in order to advance to the next level. How you get there is completely up to you. You may use any computational means at your disposal.
  • Online contestants will not be eligible for prizes – they compete for glory alone.
  • LeopoldS on 25 May 11
     
    who is interested in following this a bit closer?
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Smartphone-Controlled Robots Aid Astronauts | NASA SPHERES Droids - 0 views

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  • Marion Nachon on 27 Jul 11
     
    "The MIT-built robots will each connect with a Nexus S smartphone - the first commercial smartphone certified by NASA for use on the space shuttle and space station."
  • Marion Nachon on 27 Jul 11
     
    First smartphones control our lives, now they control robots behaviour. Watch out! After all, there must be a good reason for calling it smartphone...
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The Associated Press: Daunting space task _ send astronauts to asteroid - 1 views

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  • NASA leaders say civilization may depend on it
  • NASA is thinking about jetpacks, tethers, bungees, nets and spiderwebs to allow explorers to float just above the surface of it while attached to a smaller mini-spaceship.
  • At the moment, there are only a handful of asteroid options and they all have names like 1999AO10 or 2009OS5.
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  • NASA is pursuing its concept for a mini-spaceship exploration vehicle, about the size of a minivan. And it's planning an underwater lab for training, an effort to mimic an asteroid mission's challenges
  • "There's a lot of things we need to invent and build between now and then."
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Russian cargo rocket crashes - 1 views

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shared by Ma Ru on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ma Ru on 24 Aug 11
     
    So... basically they are the only guys who now do human spaceflight?
  • Joris _ on 26 Aug 11
     
    and 2nd failed launch for Russian in 10 days. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/08/proton-m-launches-russias-ekspress-am4-communications-satellite/ although this one is a giant space debris stuck on the GTO.
  • Ma Ru on 01 Sep 11
     
    ESA's article on the consequences for ISS: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM6GJUTTRG_index_0.html What is not clear is if the rocket that failed is the same variant as used in manned missions. [Edit] According to this article: http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=3&id=268437 "The first and second stages of the Soyuz-FG space rocket used for manned launches differ from those of the Soyuz-U, but the third stage [the one that failed - MR] is identical in both rockets". Thus the stay of astronauts currently at ISS may prolong a little bit.
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