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Joris _

Robot mini space shuttle is go for April, says US air force * The Register - 2 views

www.theregister.co.uk/...x_37_go_for_april

MAD launcher space

shared by Joris _ on 15 Mar 10 - Cached
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  • concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies.
  • a robotic spaceplane able to remain in orbit for substantial periods before re-entering the atmosphere and coming in for a runway landing automatically
  • Joris _ on 15 Mar 10
     
    make you wonder when the FLPP will actually lead to something flying !
  • LeopoldS on 16 Mar 10
     
    I did not even know that the airforce continued the X37 project when it was cancelled at NASA ... interesting stuff indeed ...
Luís F. Simões

The Space Age, as recorded on human written history - 4 views

ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph

space history zeitgeist culturomics google books

shared by Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10 - No Cached
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  • Luís F. Simões on 22 Dec 10
     
    Google Books measurements of word frequencies on 15 million books (12% of all the books ever published). More about it in:  - Google Opens Books to New Cultural Studies - John Bohannon, Science 2010-12-17 - Slashdot: Google Books Makes a Word Cloud of Human History - http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/info
Marion Nachon

Smartphone-Controlled Robots Aid Astronauts | NASA SPHERES Droids - 0 views

www.innovationnewsdaily.com/pheres-droids-smartphones-2131

technology space

shared by Marion Nachon on 27 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • 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...
Luís F. Simões

Following SpaceX down the rabbit hole -- The Space Review - 4 views

www.thespacereview.com/...1

SpaceX launcher

shared by Luís F. Simões on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • He then went on to remind the press that his company’s goal is to continue to lower the cost of access to space because high launch costs were “the fundamental factor preventing humanity from becoming a spacefaring civilization.”
  • First, two Falcon Heavy launches could field a return to the Moon
  • Second, a single Falcon Heavy could launch a Mars sample return mission.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Also possible with a single launch: a first ever human mission to an asteroid.
  • what effect Falcon Heavy might have on the costs of supporting the International Space Station. The ability to launch twice the supply capacity provided by the shuttle at something on the order of 20 percent of the cost changes the calculus entirely. So much so in fact, it opens the door for contemplating an entirely different future for ISS in which it never follows Mir into the Pacific.
  • Following conclusions offered by the Augustine Committee, the Obama Administration cancelled Project Constellation as unaffordable under existing budget limits, and supported instead the ambling, but cost-contained “flexible path.” If the Falcon Heavy is available, however, the rationale for selecting the flexible path—because it’s the only thing we can afford—simply doesn’t exist.
  • Luís F. Simões on 19 Apr 11
     
    an analysis of implications of the Falcon Heavy announcement
domineo

Rocking puts adults to sleep faster and makes slumber deeper | Science News - 2 views

www.sciencenews.org/...aster-and-makes-slumber-deeper

shared by domineo on 25 Jan 19 - No Cached
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  • domineo on 25 Jan 19
     
    First really strong evidence that the vestibular system affects sleep architecture, sleep stability and sleep spindles. If there is an effect due to a changing acceleration there might also be an effect of no gravity vector. We'll find out when I get the space shuttle data.
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