Oil drilling company looks to Mars Curiosity rover for A.I. inspiration
NASA’s Mars rover has something to teach the oil industry. Traversing the Red Planet while beaming data through space has a lot in common with exploring the deepest...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
EPA plans first rules ever on rocket fuel ingredient perchlorate in drinking water
The Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it planned to regulate toxic substances in drinking water more strictly and would issue the first limits ever on...
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Newly discovered molecule could lead to more efficient rocket fuel
Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden report the discovery of trinitramid—N(NO2)3—a new molecule in the nitrogen oxide group that may become a...
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
New study warns space tourism could fuel climate change
If space tourism ever becomes big business, as plenty of well-heeled backers hope, the danger of the enterprise might not be confined to those who book a ride to the edge...
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo makes first glide flight
Seven months after making its first captive flight attached to its mother ship White Knight Two, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (aka VSS Enterprise) completed its...
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Gas from raw sewage could be used in rocket fuel
Nitrous oxide is a particularly vile greenhouse gas and one of the unfortunate consequences of processing sewage. But that's not how a team at Stanford University...
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
NASA Finds Cash to Fund Fast, Clever, Unusual Tech For Future Space, Air Missions
The aim is to discover "revolutionary" thinking about communications, power, energy storage, propulsion, safety and security.
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