Earlier this month, NASA announced that they would be sending a probe into orbit later this month to study the sun’s lower atmosphere. As promised, the space agency has launched the satellite into space to begin its two year mission to study the mysteries of the sun and the odd lower atmosphere that has many
PayPal is used by almost 130 million people, generates a lot of revenue, and made its backers very, very wealthy. It’s a model company. But, that’s apparently not enough, and PayPal just announced it will create a way for astronauts to buy things, in space. OK.
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While it’s still questionable whether or not humans could really thrive in space, we now know that, even if our own bodies are doomed to become weak and decrepit, any bacteria we tote along has every chance of living a full, happy life. Because according to new research, space might be exactly what bacteria needs to become a thicker, stronger, superpowered mutant version unlike anything we’ve ever seen on Earth.
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A Star Trek style deflector shield that could protect deep-space astronauts, such as the much-discussed manned mission to Mars, from cancer-causing levels of radiation is in testing, researchers have revealed. The system, described as a “mini-magnetosphere” in reference to the Earth’s magnetic field which protects us from solar radiation, is the handiwork of the Rutherford
With the goal of capturing frequent snapshots that show the planet’s changes in real-time without breaking bank, California company Planet Labs has revealed its plan to launch 28 teensy satellites called “Doves” to space. Existing imaging satellites are extremely expensive to make and usually capture huge pictures that take days to send back. Each Dove, however, consists of relatively affordable 10-centimeter-wide Lego-like building blocks called CubeSats and will quickly beam back mid-res photos. The firm has yet to mention how many CubeSats will go into each Dove, but the two test satellites launched in April (see sample images they took at the source below) had three pieces each. If everything goes off without a hitch, the fleet could be orbiting the Earth at a low altitude as soon as December. Once operational, we can use the pictures they send to update online maps and monitor melting ice caps, deforestation, or even traffic jams.
[Image credit: NASA]
Via: Technology Review
Source: Planet Labs
While NASA has been carrying out some extensive missions on Mars, looking for evidence of water and signs that the planet could have supported life, it has been required to follow strict requirements to prevent contamination. The idea behind this is that the introduction of microbes from Earth could harm the Martian planet, something researchers
A couple weeks before Christmas 2012, scientists believed NASA‘s Voyager 1 spacecraft had reached interstellar space, something that was later dashed as readings showed that it was still within the solar system. New data, however, indicates that the spacecraft has finally neared the edge that will take it into interstellar space, according to the space
PayPal has launched a new program called Galactic that looks to explore the future of intergalactic payments. Most notably, how will people on Mars pay for things? PayPal is looking into this inevitable dilemma and is looking to find solutions before the problem even starts. Is it a good thinking-ahead move? It sure seems like
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