How Brazil Nuts Solved A Mystery About Asteroidsio9When Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft photographed the asteroid Itokawa in 2005, scientists were puzzled by what they saw: The total volume of boulders strewn about its surface were greater than the volume of the…
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Darpa Robots to Face Final Challenge – Product Design & Development
Darpa Robots to Face Final ChallengeProduct Design & DevelopmentThe main goal of the DARPA Robotics Challenge program is to develop ground- robotics capabilities for executing complex tasks in the dangerous, degraded human-engineered environments created when disasters strike cities. “The purpose…
DARPA Just Signed Space-Drone Deals with 3 Companies [Video] – In The Capital
DARPA Just Signed Space-Drone Deals with 3 Companies [Video]In The CapitalDrones will be flying higher than ever now that DARPA has granted three aerospace companies contracts to build the first unmanned “spaceplanes,” basically space drones. The contracts, about $4 million…
I've been asteroided! (274860) Emilylakdawalla – The Planetary Society (blog)
I’ve been asteroided! (274860) EmilylakdawallaThe Planetary Society (blog)What a great piece of news to receive upon returning home from vacation! There is now a small piece of the solar system named for me: asteroid 274860 has been formally named “Emilylakdawalla”…
Scientists Discover Process Rarer than Higgs Boson Particle – International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK Scientists Discover Process Rarer than Higgs Boson ParticleInternational Business Times UKScientists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have reported the discovery of a process which can test how the recently discovered Higgs Boson gives mass…
DARPA picks the first companies that will work on its unmanned spaceplane – Engadget
DARPA picks the first companies that will work on its unmanned spaceplaneEngadgetSlowly but surely, DARPA’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane is becoming more than a bundle of nice ideas. The agency has just chosen the companies that will square off in the…
DARPA announces Phase 1 of its XS-1 spaceplane program – Gizmag
DARPA announces Phase 1 of its XS-1 spaceplane programGizmagIt takes a lot more money and preparation to launch a rocket than to have a plane take off. That’s why DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) first initiated its Experimental…
DARPA's Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts Development – Universe Today
Space News DARPA’s Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts DevelopmentUniverse TodayThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop a fully-reusable unmanned spaceplane, and they are now ready to start working their proposed Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1). The agency has…
DARPA's Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts Development – Universe Today
Space News DARPA’s Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts DevelopmentUniverse TodayThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop a fully-reusable unmanned spaceplane, and they are now ready to start working their proposed Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1). The agency has…
DARPA's Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts Development – Universe Today
Space News DARPA’s Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts DevelopmentUniverse TodayThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop a fully-reusable unmanned spaceplane, and they are now ready to start working their proposed Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1). The agency has…