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SpaceX Aims for Mars

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Adam

SpaceX has outlined its concepts for the next generation of Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicles, the Falcon X and Falcon XX… …notice the jumps in capability by replacing the bank of 9 Merlin 1 engines by a single Merlin 2. That’s going … Continue reading →

Posted in Sol Space, Starflight, Super-Tech | 3 Comments

Brainy Blogging from Brazil: Part 1

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Adam

The human brain as a linearly scaled-up primate brain. There are truisms in brain-science which hide more than they reveal. For example, the old line that there’s 100 billion neurones in the brain and ten times as many non-neurones as … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Biology, Super-Tech | 3 Comments

Human/Bacteria Hybrid Emortals

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Adam

Found in nature’s freezer, the secret of living to 140 | Mail Online. Certain bacteria and/or their by-products when injected into mice & flies (standard lab-animal models for such studies) extend their healthy life-spans by almost double. Thus the headline … Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival, Cosmos, SF, Starflight, Super-Tech | 1 Comment

E-Eyes on the Cosmos

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Adam

New Horizons, the fastest launched probe, is shooting towards a close encounter with Pluto and its three moons on July 14, 2015. As NH will get ~50 metre resolution we can work out the baseline for an interferometer to achieve … Continue reading →

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SpaceX & Iridium NEXT

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Adam

Cosmic Log – Next stage ignites in the rocket biz. Alan Boyle, Science Reportage Guru at MSNBC, discusses the new deal between SpaceX and Iridium, the Satellite telephone provider. Great news for SpaceX and hopefully bargain basement rates for space-launch … Continue reading →

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Space Based Solar Power II

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Adam

Ground-based and space-based solar power, in spite of certain misconceptions, shouldn’t need to compete because they’re optimal for two different energy markets. Consider ground-based solar – its peak output is during the hottest part of the day, when the Sun … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy futures, Sol Space, Super-Tech | 2 Comments

Space Based Solar Power

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Adam

How to Eliminate Future Catastrophic Oil-Spills. (at Kurzweil.net) Space Solar Power (or Space-Based Solar Power) is undergoing a revival of interest. An excellent introduction can be found at the National Space Society’s SSP page. The presentation is biased slightly against … Continue reading →

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Beyond “Icarus”

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Adam

Where we’re at and where we’re going. Alpha Centauri, resolved into A & B, as seen by “Cassini” from orbit around Saturn. After we send the probes, like “Icarus”, the next step is going ourselves to live in those new … Continue reading →

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Paul March discusses his work on Mach Effect

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Adam

Talk-Polywell.org :: View topic – Mach Effect progress. The Mach Effect is a propellantless propulsion concept developed from the physics of gravity by Prof. James Woodward, now being investigated experimentally by him and Paul March, an experimental physicist. Paul is … Continue reading →