Archive for the ‘space’ category: Page 933
Oct 16, 2016
The Biggest Threat to NASA’s Future Is the Ocean — By Maddie Stone | Gizmodo
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, geopolitics, space, space travel
“That’s a troubling question for NASA, an agency whose most valuable piece of real estate—the $10.9 billion sandbar called Kennedy Space Center—is also its most threatened.”
Oct 15, 2016
California Space Center announces blockchain system for space economy
Posted by Bruno Henrique de Souza in categories: bitcoin, economics, Elon Musk, finance, space
California Space Center (CSC) founder Eva Blaisdell announced in a press release sent to CoinReport the launch of “Copernic,” a blockchain-based, finance-focused rights management system developed for the space industry.
Named after legendary Polish astronomer Copernicus, Copernic will provide the infrastructure for the future space economy and ecosystem to be built upon, said CSC.
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Oct 15, 2016
Enhancing Humanity — What’s The Next Phase Of Human Evolution?
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: evolution, singularity, space
I really love this topic – questioning what’s out there for humanity besides a singularity that may or may not happen or a discovery of the source powering an uber sophisticated kind of video game a.k.a. the *simulated* and likely *holographic universe*… Yes, evolution gets me all excited.
What follows now are possible futures for all of us, based on circulating theories on (continuing) evolution.
These futures show either a grinding halt to evolution, a continuing mutation and selection here on earth, some new form of evolution driven by technology, and (in a way related to technology, as well) a differentiation introduced by mimicking and adapting to a life on speculative space colonies.
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Oct 14, 2016
Scientists propose space nation named ‘Asgardia’ and cosmic shield to protect Earth from asteroids
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: government, law, space
A space nation, independent of countries on Earth, could be founded after a team of engineers, scientists and legal experts put forward proposals for an extra-terrestrial state.
The project, which is led by Russian scientist Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, Chairman of UNESCOs Science of Space committee, aims to create an area in space which is beyond the control of individual nations.
Under current space law, government’s must authorise and supervise space programmes run from their own countries even if they are commercial.
Oct 14, 2016
Asgardia, Proposed Space-Based Nation Accepting Citizenship Applications
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: law, space
PARIS ─ A proposed space nation called Asgardia is now accepting applications for future citizens.
Leaders of the Asgardia project discussed the prospective space nation at a news conference in Paris Wednesday (Oct. 12). The leaders aim to launch Asgardia’s first satellite in 2017 and say they would like to eventually have a space station where some, but not all, of its planned 150 million (mostly Earth-dwelling) nationals would live and work.
Asgardia, named after the Norse gods’ home of Asgard, will be a democracy with an emphasis on the freedom of the individual to develop space technologies, according to Igor Ashurbeyli, Asgardia project team leader and founder. People can now apply to be selected as one of the first 100,000 citizens through the nation’s website, asgardia.space. At the time of publication, the number of applicants has reached more than 84,000, according to the website. While Asgardia is not officially a nation (yet), prospective citizens must fulfil the legal requirements for Asgardia’s United Nations application — for example, they must be from nations that allow multiple citizenships. [Incredible Technology: How to Build a Space Station Colony].
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Oct 14, 2016
The Alba Clockwork — Shielded Alcubierre drive concept
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: space, transportation
Today ladies and gentlemen we are able to travel beyond our solar system — May i present you The Alba Clockwork — A successful approach in dealing with previously unstable Alcubierre Drive and its effect on separating space. Previous designs would be obliterated immediately after the generator is powered and would crush upon itself. This new technology creates an energy bubble that can fend off the negative mass generated by the warp field. — Ikarus Shipyards tl;dr — Personal view on a functional Alcubierre driven vehicle with shield to fend off negative mass.
Alcubierre drive : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive
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Oct 13, 2016
We Were Very Wrong About the Number of Galaxies in the Universe
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
So it seems that the universe contains 10 — 20 times MORE galaxies than we previously thought.
I guess it’s *NOT* a small, small world after all!
Using the Hubble Space telescope and other observatories, astronomers have completed the most accurate census of galaxies in the observable universe to date. In terms of the actual number, let’s just say we were way the hell off.
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Oct 13, 2016
Meet Asgardia: a Proposal for the First Ever Outer Space Nation
Posted by Albert Sanchez in category: space
Oct 12, 2016
An international group of scientists wants you to join Asgardia — the first space nation
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: space
A new country called Asgardia, named after Norse mythology’s city in the skies, could be the first nation ever created in space. The hope is to embark on a mission to mine asteroids and defend Earth from dangerous meteorites, space debris, and other threats.
That is, if everything goes according to an uncertain, open-ended, and audacious plan put forth by its founders.
The group behind the Asgardia project includes space experts based out of Canada, Romania, Russia, and the United States, and they announced their sovereign ambitions from a press conference in Paris on Wednesday.
