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Nov 25, 2017

New systems must be put in place that can detect missile containers

Posted by in categories: military, policy, space

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

We have recently seen evidence of how our national security was compromised by the Obama administration’s approval of the Uranium One deal that gave Russia 20 percent of our uranium reserves. We are now learning more about the serious security compromise at Port Canaveral and its adjacent military infrastructure.

The container port is not only close to U.S. Air Force facilities and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, but more importantly, it is adjacent to our strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarine base. A Nov. 2 Center for Security Policy updated “occasional paper” exposes this “perfect storm” of a threat tied to Russia’s Club-K container missile system.

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Nov 20, 2017

On-orbit satellite servicing: The next big thing in space? — By Sandra Erwin | SpaceNews

Posted by in category: space

“Technology has been developed to “approach, grasp, manipulate, modify, repair, refuel, integrate, and build completely new platforms and spacecraft on orbit,” he said. But the lack of clear, widely accepted technical and safety standards for on-orbit activities involving commercial satellites remains a major obstacle to the expansion of the industry.”

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Nov 20, 2017

Tesla Roadster might fly — By Peter Valdes-Dapena | CNN Tech

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, solar power, space, sustainability, transportation

“Musk seems to be talking about something different, a sports car that could “hop” over obstacles. The emphasis would, presumably, still be on performance and practicality with four wheels on the ground.”

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Nov 20, 2017

Fifty years since the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (1968 — 2018): UNISPACE+50 — United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Posted by in categories: business, environmental, governance, government, law, policy, science, space, space travel, treaties

“UNISPACE+50 will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. It will also be an opportunity for the international community to gather and consider the future course of global space cooperation for the benefit of humankind.

From 20 to 21 June 2018 the international community will gather in Vienna for UNISPACE+50, a special segment of the 61 st session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).”

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Nov 20, 2017

Lockheed Martin — Orion

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Do you want to change our world by sending humans to another one?

Now is the time.

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Nov 19, 2017

The Moon Express MX-1E Lander Is Heading for the Moon or Bust

Posted by in category: space

Take a close look at the R2-D2-shaped lander that startup Moon Express wants to land on the moon.

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Nov 15, 2017

NASA ‘nuclear engines’ could provide power to the first humans on Mars

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space, transportation

NASA is set to begin testing a radical ‘nuclear engine’ that could provide power for astronauts on the Martian surface.

Dubbed the ‘Kilopower’ it would use a uranium rector the size of a toilet roll to create heat.

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Nov 15, 2017

Astronomers Complete First International Asteroid Tracking Exercise

Posted by in categories: health, space

More: http://asteroid.lu/asteroidexercise via NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Nov 14, 2017

Jupiter’s lights are acting very STRANGE – and NO ONE knows why

Posted by in category: space

THE dazzling lights on Jupiter have been behaving rather peculiar – and even scientists have no idea why.

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Nov 14, 2017

Making a Moon Base With ‘Artemis’ Author Andy Weir

Posted by in category: space

“The Martian” author Andy Weir discussed his newest book, “Artemis,” with Space.com.

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