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open source open hardware quadrocopter ! next platform for Astrodrone ?

MSRP suggests it's not designed to survive landing.

The Opportunity rover, which landed on Mars nearly eight years ago, has discovered a thin, bright mineral vein along the rim of a huge crater called Endeavour. This mineral is almost certainly gypsum that was deposited by liquid water billions of years ago, researchers said.

Out-of-control Russian space probe may be 'most toxic falling satellite ever: A Russian space probe aiming to land on a Mars moon was stuck circling the Earth after equipment failure Wednesday, and scientists raced to fire up its engines before the whole thing came crashing down.

Is it just me, or is uncontrolled space junk re-entry becoming trendy?

this was a fantastic mission - ... what a pity!

Google subsidiary Google Fiber, Inc. is seeking permission to place satellite antennas on land near its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The antennas could be used to receive content feeds from broadcast networks that could be bundled with a high-speed fiber service.

an oddly similar story http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/20/apple-is-solar-friendly/ apple to build largest solar array in US

A habitable settlement will be waiting for the settlers when they land. The settlement will support them while they live and work on Mars the rest of their lives

"no political mumbo jumbo, no taxpayer's money" real work!

looks like the first "killer app" for 3D printers I am aware of ... highly useful and solving humanities most pressing problems as expected

In remote / under-developed regions this might actually be a strong alternative for building internet connectivity - somewhat like the exploding market for cell phones in Africa due to the lack of land lines.

Did any of you already try this type of auction? Was it inthe classification of Matthias ?

In case you have not seen this one yet...

Nice one, very impressive (also filming it with a drone :)! I noticed at 0:56 that the exhaust flames do travel upwards on the descent. I wonder how much of a problem this would be for the actual reusability / next flight approval?

impressive!

StarTiger: similar, yet different from the way the ACT does things. Seems like a very interesting programme.

Nice initiative and also a good approach, problem-oriented within a fixed time frame. Could definitely be a highly motivating approach, similar to GTOC... I think the ACT should do this more often, targeted at future technologies and/or missions. The team could be structured around 'problems' instead of 'research areas', this will promote multidisciplinary work as well, plus it will also focus activities more. The problems, or more broadly concepts, are identified by the team and a few get chosen as main activities. Subsequent RF and YGT hiring is then done to strenghten the research team. These projects have a maximum lifetime maybe of 1 year? Thoughts?

I'm impressed already by what an innovative group of experts and researchers was able to achieve when resourcefully targeted at coming up with the project's name...

Atmospheric rivers, short-lived wind tunnels are created in the upper troposphere and carry vast amounts of water. They 'fuel' from the tropical Pacific reservoir and cause heavy precipitation events and even floods to mid-latitude land, as soon as they encounter the Sierra mountains. The new finding is that two inter-hemispheric climatic oscillation modes allow for their creation, as soon as they are found in a certain phase combination.

Could we conceivably control these like we're thinking to do with taifuns? :)) Would be geoengineering at its finest

Something for the Parrot to aim for

The Sentinel-2A satellite has been in orbit for only a matter of weeks, but new images of an algal bloom in the Baltic Sea show that it is already exceeding expectations. Built essentially as a land monitoring mission, Sentinel-2 will also certainly find its way into marine applications.

After reading the Hayabusa's story posted by Joris a while ago, I think that the only adequately epic final to conclude this awesome mission is that the capsule will land safely. And empty.

does he also have to pay property tax?

so how does that state get his money from this type of economy? where is the VAT in there?

Last time I checked the "state" was still loosing money. But their main income is the sale of resources. Mostly new land, but I believe at some point they wanted to sell their initial planet too.

Look at the video... are they really going to pull this off?

> it will be lowered on to the surface of Mars with a landing system that has never been tried before yikes!

the whole trans-siberian journey recorded from a camera, a bit too long to watch everything nevertheless

make you wonder when the FLPP will actually lead to something flying !

I did not even know that the airforce continued the X37 project when it was cancelled at NASA ... interesting stuff indeed ...