Lunar Outpost unveils sleek new ‘Eagle’ moon rover (photos)
This sweet looking lunar rover was built by Lunar Outpost, and is one of three designs proposed for the Artemis 5 Moon mission set to launch by the end of the decade.
It’s not clear why the rover has no roof. Cosmic rays are a big hazard on the Moon. Polyethylene, a very common plastic, is the material recommended for cosmic ray shielding.
Donald Trump’s Energy Department Saved Your Appliances
With the internet and smart phones, we are living in the future. It’s fantastic. At the same time, many appliances and other mundane technology is getting worse. Regulations put in place by government bureaucrats make our lives worse.
President Clinton’s vice president, Al Gore, was directed to reduce federal regulations. Every president has tried to deregulate, but President Trump may get it done. Eventually, this will be a big deal.
Flying Taxis Officially Lift Off – But Only In China, Thank Biden’s FAA
China has approved the use of large drones as commercial taxis. A passenger gets in the cabin, mashes a button, and the drone flies to the destination. It’s completely automatic.
The article sarcastically thanks the FAA under President Biden for not approving this technology in the US. The FAA should sincerely be thanked for their caution.
Firm wins Space Force funding to provide an “aircraft carrier” in orbit.
Such a module would isolate the satellites from the space environment, sparing their batteries and sensitive electronics from harsh thermal cycles every 90 minutes, and provide some shielding from radiation. In addition, the orbital carrier would obfuscate the satellites inside from observation by other nations or hostile actors in space. Then, when a satellite is needed, it can be deployed into multiple orbits by the carrier.
This reminds me of the comedy/science fiction/action movie, Iron Sky (2012).
This may be the first time in my life that I did not know about changing the clocks for Daylight Savings Time. That is reason enough to abolish the policy.
Why Has Joe Biden’s $42 Billion Broadband Program Not Connected One Single Household?
This is maddening, and with luck, much of that money can be redirected. Consider this one program cost each taxpayer in America, about $300.
Subtract the people with the internet on their phones and the people who don’t want the internet, how many are left? Running coax or fiber optic cable to every remote location in America intentionally ignores the existence of Starlink.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk approvingly reposted an X user who claimed that “for $42 billion they could have bought Starlink dishes for 140 million people.”
There are only 130 million households in America.
Everything is going great, then it isn’t. I wasn’t even doing anything stupid.
Historic all-woman space flight to include Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez
This sexist article is so patronizing.
Blue Origin says its next spaceflight is set to make history.
With celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King on board, the all-woman crew will fly into space when the New Shepard spacecraft launches from the West Texas desert this spring. The company says it’s the first all-woman flight since the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
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